French President Nicolas Sarkozy calls it "a tragedy." German Chancellor Angela Merkel demands that Iran's government "stop the use of violence against demonstrators." Around the world, outrage is being echoed over the bloody crackdown of protesters following the rigged presidential election that kept Mahmoud Ahmadinejad in a seat of power. After more than a week of relative silence, President Barack Obama finally spoke out, first calling for Iran to "stop all violent and unjust actions against its own people" before holding a White House news conference where he said he was both appalled and outraged. This tepid, late-to-the-party response from the leader of the free world doesn't exactly invoke the same spirit of Ronald Reagan's "tear down this wall" speech at the Brandenburg Gate in West Berlin in 1987. President Obama's supporters have called his words "measured," but those closest to the tragedy unfolding on the world stage are calling it something else. "Obama's response has been pathetic, timid, indecisive and politically non-sensical, " says Sassan Ghahramani, a longtime observer of Persian politics and former CEO of Medley Global Advisors (a macro policy advisory firm). "The U.S. will be blamed by the hardliners no matter what, so tiptoeing [around the issue] is a moot point." 70 % of Iranian citizens are under the age or 30, according to Ghahramani. This interesting statistic points to a seismic shift in ideals that could decide the fate of the country. There may be no organized movement pushing for revolution now, but one cannot discount the angry mood of Iran's young people. Ayatollah Khomeini understood this all too well and galvanized the youth movement against the Mohammad Reza Shah in 1979. Now the sons and daughters of those revolutionaries are yearning for something else, the ability to guide their own future. President Obama also has a keen understanding of just how politically powerful young people can be -- he based a successful presidential campaign on it. The President inspired millions of young American voters with the message of hope and change and he could do the same in Iran. Where have you gone, Barack Obama? A nation turns its lonely eyes to you.