America may soon be left out in the cold

History rates as losers those leaders who fail to deal with big problems. Consider the Iranian Revolution. President Carter fretted about the turmoil as protesters took to the streets of Tehran, writing in his diary, “The situation in Iran varies from bad to terrible.” Still, it was just one of many issues on his plate. In fact, Carter spent far more time on normalizing relations with China and arms talk with the Soviets. Days later, he even penned hopefully, “[Khomeini] indicated he might return to Iran and would be receptive to friendship with the U.S.”

It didn’t pan out. Today, America faces an implacable enemy in Iran, and that nation is helping “stir the pot” against us throughout the world.