G8 and Obama limps badly on Iran and Climate Change.

A whole lotta bark and no bite. On climate change something that resembles a plan to promise to try at a later date sometime soon to cut the rise of temperatures or something.

The world's leading industrial nations tentatively agreed Wednesday to try to prevent global temperatures from rising above a fixed level, after a more far-reaching proposal to slash production of greenhouse gases fizzled, according to U.S. and European negotiators. Leaders meeting here for the Group of Eight summit said they would pledge to keep temperatures from rising more than 3.6 degrees Fahrenheit above average levels of more than a century ago, before large-scale industrial pollution occurred. Temperatures have already risen by nearly half that amount, leaving little wiggle room. It was unclear what mechanisms, if any, would be adopted to enforce the target. Some environmental groups saw the announcement as a weak nod at the obvious. "This was such an opportunity," said Tobias Muenchmeyer, a Berlin-based activist with the group Greenpeace. "We are very disappointed that the result is so limited." For other groups, the best that could be said of Wednesday's declaration was that, although it did not commit countries to specific cuts in greenhouse gases, it appeared to create a moral imperative to do so eventually. "It may be symbolic now," said David Hamilton of the Sierra Club. But, he added, "if we have a commitment to a temperature goal, then you're actually going to figure out how we're going to get there."

When symbolic and opportunity is thrown around it means nothing got done especially after China and India told the rest to go screw over emission cuts.

On Iran, Obama won his battle to not let the G8 do anything other than a statement of concern. That will show Iran who is serious.

The G-8 leaders will issue a joint statement this evening expressing serious concerns about the post-election violence in Iran, as well as its continued pursuit of nuclear weapons, but will not push for new economic sanctions or tougher enforcement of those that exist, an Obama administration source told ABC News this afternoon. The statement will "reflect growing impatience" among world leaders, the source said, but it will not call for direct ramifications or contest the election results. The source asked for anonymity since the G-8 world leaders had not yet officially signed off on the final document.