THE OBAMA IRAN LETTER - AT 5:34 P.M. ET:  Eyebrows are being raised in response to news that President Obama sent a letter to Iran's Supreme Leader just before the Iranian "election" calling for diplomatic engagement. 

(CNN) -- U.S. President Obama sent a direct message to Iran's Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei weeks before this month's disputed election, Iranian sources said Wednesday.

The letter requested dialogue and engagement between the two nations, the sources said.

The sources said that Khamenei has yet to reply to the letter but that nonetheless it "had set the negotiating table in order for both sides to sit around it after the election."

The White House refused to "get into the specifics of our different ways of communicating," a senior Obama administration official said.

COMMENT:  You'd think the president of the United States could have at least waited until after the "election," so he'd know who he was dealing with.  And you'll notice that the Supreme Leader hasn't even responded yet, even though the letter was sent weeks ago. 

That's more groveling, equal to today's major grovel, in which we agreed to send an ambassador back to Syria, getting nothing in return for our gesture.  We'd removed our ambassador four years ago in protest over Syria's alleged involvement in the murder of a Lebanese leader.  Apparently, that's not important anymore.  Just ask the Lebanese.

Anyone want to volunteer to be a friend of the United States?

Jimmah Carter, you have found your match.

June 24, 2009