Iran is also a country which used to be a US vassle state and which, under the Shah, committed all kinds of horrific crimes against its citizens. It was let off the hook then, because, well, they we butt buddies.

Iran’s real crime (today), from the US perspective is pursuing a nuclear program, which may or may not lead to nuclear weapons. Only superpowers are allowed nukes, you see, because it keeps the vassels in line. Under this guise the war drums have been beating and I figure its pretty much a done deal the US will attack yet another sovreign country and kill tens or hundreds of thousand of unarmed civilians (but in a nice way).

And thats why this story may the USA Today and the NY Times and probably Oprah for all I know.

Pretty much, killing innocent people is wrong and maybe most of the time killing guilty ones may be wrong too. But helping to beat the war drum. Thats real wrong all the time.

Let me fix that for you:

Saudi Arabia, a US ally, executes WOMEN (mainly) for adultery

A bit hypocritical – no?

I don’t know how the media gods pick what cases to publicize but if they did publicize cases from these other countries, at times they have, you would see the same reaction from the same people. So people are consistent in their stand, at least from what I have seen.

Saudi Arabia, a US ally, executes people for adultery by beheading. Pakistan (another US ally) more or less permits ‘honor killings’ by private individuals by essentially refusing to prosecute them. The US executes its poor and/or mentally handicapped (Teresa Lewis in September, for instance).

But Iran is just horrible because – well – they just are. I mean they aren’t a US ally (at least not today).

A bit hypocritical – no?

Disgusting misogynistic subhuman savages.

I agree completely. Their behavior warrants it.