In “Politician-in-Chief,” Steve Hayes writes about President Obama’s frustration with, as Hayes puts it, Republican “criticism of the difficult decisions he is facing as president on matters of war and peace.” In particular, Obama claims that his Republican challengers are simply politicizing the threat from Iran in criticizing his administration’s handling of the situation. Hayes goes on to show that Obama himself is guilty of the very same politicization he accuses his opponents of practicing.

Indeed, I would add another example. During the 2008 presidential campaign, Obama repeatedly politicized the issue of Iran’s ties to al Qaeda.