Many people in the United States are debating whether President Obama needs to take a more active role and speak up more strongly on the humanitarian crisis in Iran or stay out of it. Although members of Congress from both parties appear to be more united in taking a strong stance in support of the people of Iran, the debates among commentators, writers and bloggers have fallen into the same old and tired trap of partisanship.

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