Mustn't upset the mullahs

In Saudi Arabia a few brave women are challenging that country's laws which forbid women to drive. John Kerry was there the other day, and was asked about it by a reporter. Did he give a shout out to the brave women who are challenging the laws? No, he said

I think that debate is best left to Saudi Arabia.

Michelle Malkin responds to Kerry:

Wimpy, wimpy, wimpy. No unequivocal shout-outs for the brave women risking arrest for simply getting behind the wheel? No paean to the cherished freedom to move about as we please? No stirring affirmation of the connection between mobility and women’s dignity? Nada.

Was Hillary Clinton any more courageous than Kerry? No, she preferred "quiet diplomacy."

Malkin sums up,

These “progressive” Democrats are all for championing women’s rights and international human rights when it suits them: at Hollywood soirees, Vogue photo shoots, fancy state dinners and black-tie award ceremonies. But stick their Hermes-wrapped necks out once in favor of basic human dignity and risk upsetting the mullahs to their faces? Never. This is Obama’s America: leading from the sidelines.