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Their government are an evil, theocratic, messianic cult who care nothing about their people but do care about promoting barbarism internally and terrorism externally to further their dispicable agenda. There are few more evil governments on the planet right now.

If you want to be sad about the punishment of the innocent Iranian people, be sad that Khomeini's thugs murdered, jailed or otherwise incapacitated all the real liberals during that country's revolution.

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It's a curious thing, good vs evil. It seems to me that there are few true Luke Skywalker vs Darth Vader scenarios in history. Rather, every political leader has a bit of Darth Vader in them. There's something about that power that brings out the scum in all of us.

I never mentioned good. The Iranian government is evil. Most of the governments of the rest of the world are just human, that is, as you say, morally mixed.

Good and evil are such comforting terms, but hardly applicable. Do you honestly see no good in Iran, or evil in the rest of the world?

Iran and Israel have been the only major sources of stability in the region in the past twenty years, surely that's certainly good. If they hadn't had to endure sanctions then Iran would be one of the shining examples of prosperity in the middle east, however a bloody Shi'ite vs Sunni showdown would have likely occurred by now.

I'm not talking about Iran, I'm talking about the Iranian government. It is certainly evil to the extent that any "good" that there might be in it is completely irrelevant. Unfortunately the government is verging on totalitarian, so the people of Iran barely have a say. It's not a good thing that such a despotic, tyrannical regime has been stable, nor was it a good thing that Iraq under Saddam was stable.

It is deeply sad for the Iranian people who are generally well educated and cultured that they have such a government. The west [EDIT: I really mean the UK and US] has a substantial case to answer in bringing about the Iranian revolution, but it is more of a shame that Khomenei expunged the liberal and secular movements after that revolution.

Take out theocratic and you could be talking about Obama. Leave it in and it could be Bush.

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