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Originally Posted by randolph
Thia is from Joe Kline at Time...
I've been receiving a steady stream of favorable emails from Iranian-Americans regarding my appearance on Larry King last night. They're delighted that I made it clear that Iran is different from the other countries in the region--better educated, more sophisticated, with far greater rights for women (although not nearly enough). And they also appreciated the fact that when King asked me what John McCain should do right now, I said, "Be quiet."
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Well, let's remember two things. First of all, we're talking about freakin' Joe Klein here, who is about as Left of Left as you can possibly get. For crying out loud, this moron actually thinks Ahmadinejad and Bush are equivalent to each other, for delusional reasons I won't even go into because it would take too long to type out.
Second, I always love when news commentators give out their personal opinions (which is fine since that's what they get paid for),
BUT THEN they try to back their assertions up with a vague toss-away comment like "You can't believe the number of emails I've been getting from people who agree with me." Well, actually, I DON'T believe it, so how about giving out some actual numbers? What, do you normally get 10 positive emails from readers and this time you got 13, so you see that as a 30% spike -- when in reality you just got 3 extra emails?
To be fair, I'm sure he has received some email, but I'm willing to bet good hard cash that he hasn't gotten as much as he makes out since he just wants a quick excuse to say "See? I got mail, so I was right!" Or I'm willing to bet that an even GREATER number of Iranian-Americans are paying NO attention to a boob like Klein, and they are posting away elsewhere online or out marching in protest in complete opposition to his viewpoints.
Hell, we just had a big protest rally this weekend in Los Angeles -- and there were others around the country, too -- in support of the Iranians seeking true democratic change. So, here's what I'd love to see. I'd love to see Joe Klein standing up in the middle of one of THOSE crowds and stating his view (and these
are his words):
"The protesters (in Iran) admire our freedom, but they are appalled -- and insulted -- by our neocolonialist condescension over the past 50 years... They do not believe they live in an Evil Empire. They still support their revolution. They shout "Allahu Akbar" in the streets, which was the rallying cry of 1979. They are proud of their nuclear program, even if many have doubts about the efficacy of weaponizing the enriched uraniam that is being produced."
Riiiiiiiiiiiight. They love things the way they are, and they still support the revolution of 30 years ago. Yes, Joe, and I guess that would explain why half the fucking country is out in the streets setting fire to things and standing up to the military demanding change. Hell, even an AP press story noted the other day:
"On the streets, witnesses said protesters shouted "Death to Khamenei!" - another sign of once unthinkable challenges to the authority of the successor of Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini, the father of the Islamic Revolution. "
But nice to know Joe Klein thinks they're all just having a tiny tiff and we should completely keep our mouths closed and not take any sides.