tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8526498499129692237.post1246731224399372919..comments2024-03-22T05:17:53.112-04:00Comments on Big Bad Bald Bastard: Rouhani's RightBig Bad Bald Bastardhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01983025559556548658noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8526498499129692237.post-60895661135596335402014-09-26T15:53:18.645-04:002014-09-26T15:53:18.645-04:00Yeah - you can't fall into the trap of oversim...Yeah - you can't fall into the trap of oversimplifying the complexities. The US is guilty of accelerating the inevitable. But the "intelligence services that put blades in the hands of madmen" is Saudi Arabia, with a national religion of Wahabi Islam, which is precisely the basis for ISIS's ideology. Israel's refusal to bring an end to the Palestinian conflict is an open sore. The Egyptian Mabahith Amn ad-Dawla has been torturing and murdering Muslims for decades. Hard to find clean hands here.<br /><br />And before you decide Hassan Rouhani is a scumbag, you have to remember how narrow an operating space he truly has. Between Khameini, the IRGC, and all the typical palace-intrigue type maneuvering you get in a Theocracy, there's a limit to what he can do. And yeah, as long as the shining beacon of freedom and liberty is executing people, it's probably not really fair to call out another nation for it (although I myself did that with Saudi Arabia a couple weeks ago - but c'mon, capital punishment for SORCERY? In 2014? SRSLY???)mikeyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13057701313718589322noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8526498499129692237.post-91504664960284243072014-09-26T08:36:29.350-04:002014-09-26T08:36:29.350-04:00Interesting that he didn't mention Libya. Our ...Interesting that <a href="http://www.bbc.com/news/uk-politics-24129896" rel="nofollow">he didn't mention Libya</a>. Our regime-change there certainly contributed to the rise of ISIS.<br /><br />But of course, <a href="http://www.reuters.com/article/2011/08/25/us-libya-iran-idUSTRE77O39V20110825" rel="nofollow">Iran didn't like that regime</a>.<br />~ifthethunderdontgetya™³²®©https://www.blogger.com/profile/06252371815131259831noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8526498499129692237.post-91030453554176718892014-09-26T08:31:04.832-04:002014-09-26T08:31:04.832-04:00And yet there are billions of people who've be...And yet there are billions of people who've been to subjected to systematic oppression who don't form fascist organizations and kill people. It's almost like there are certain powerful people who exploit the gullibility and/or blood lust of other people to further their own goals.<br /><br />Saying "It's the West!" is just as simplistic and suspicious as saying "It's Islam!" It's the murderous bastards (not to be confused with the big dad bald ones).Juleshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17390791792685104671noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8526498499129692237.post-16729091964605867892014-09-26T00:53:56.850-04:002014-09-26T00:53:56.850-04:00I'm too titillated by "Boobs on the Groun...I'm too titillated by "Boobs on the Ground".Big Bad Bald Bastardhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01983025559556548658noreply@blogger.com