Brutal Repression In Iran
Michelle Malkin has posted THIS COLLECTION of some truly brutal, officially-released photos that shows what happens to those who don’t tow the line in Iran. And she is asking, basically, “Where’s the outrage?”
OUR REACTION: It truly is revolting. And it doesn’t matter whether someone wants the U.S. to bomb Iran, doesn’t want the U.S. to bomb Iran, is considering whether he/she/it wants the U.S. to bomb Iran.
This is a REGIME that truly qualifies for use of the word “regime.” And the fact that they have posted these photos on the country’s official website shows they are proud of this action — and provides a taste of what would happen if their influence spreads to other countries.
PS: To those who’ll respond that the comment above means that this site is calling for war in Iran, read it again. You can be revolted by this kind of a) official behavior and b) official pride in this kind of behavior and not be clamoring for a war with Iran. PSS: And YES we did run posts critical of torture by U.S. officials.
In advance: the issue is not us writing about it or linking to it; the issue is IT.
A side issue is when those who write weblogs post something and seemingly demand others respond to it or suggest they are supporting it by not commenting on it. We don’t do that here. To each his/her own and we don’t pre-judge those who may not comment on it.
But we WILL and DO offer our own comment above.
13 Responses to “Brutal Repression In Iran”
[...] Gandelman writes: It truly is revolting. And it doesn’t matter whether someone wants the U.S. to bomb Iran, [...]
You had to force me to go to Malkin’s site, so full of additional BS instead of finding a link directly to the Iranian site as well? Why is Malkin full of BS? While I have to appreciate her showing the vileness that is Iranian morality enforcement I think she and her conservative brethren are just clueless about why it plays out in the media like it does, including her bringing Abu Ghraib into it.
Simply put, we already know how bad the Iranian government is. We expect it of them. We know that they are vicious barbarians wanting the Sixth Century to be resurrected in the 21st. So in an odd way it just isn’t news. But we do not expect or want anything even vaguely resembling this kind of behavior from our government or its representatives, be they our soldiers, CIA agents or private contractors that the CIA has hired. We don’t even want our government to be turning people over to governments that do this sort of thing with a Python-esque wink-wink-nudge-nudge. Or at least many of us don’t. Some, like Malkin, don’t really care. Never, ever forget her arguments supporting the internment camps for the Japanese during WWII.
Joe- one toes a line, not tows it. To toe a line means to line up in formation precisely. To tow means to tug, like a tugboat.
Why don’t the thugs’ shirts say “police” in Farsi rather than in English?
Good point, DLS.
Posts like Malkin’s are the equivalent of “when did you stop beating your wife?” It would be like one of her critics posting pictures of, say, severely ill children and then wondering why Malkin never covers it – apparently, she doesn’t care about sick children? No, that’s stupid. I assume she does. She just happens not to focus on the issue.
I am with Jim on Malkin. I pretty much refuse to click on her web site, a decision I reached when I learned of her arguments for internment camps. Our state’s senator (Inouye) is missing an arm due to his heroics in the European theater and she thinks it was the right to lock him up due to his ancestry. I don’t need to study the opinions of one who believes this.
I have stated before that I think regime change from within Iran would be the ideal outcome, and we need to help that along. However with regards to Iran’s nuclear facilities we have no choice but to bomb them.
you are misinformed or too much under the influence of mainstream to say such a thing, I am sure you don’t know anything about the history of Iran , surely the only things you know about the great Persian empire is from what you saw in the movie “300″. My advice to you: search google for things you don’t know “anything” about.
I’m confused.
If this is not advocacy for bombing Iran, what is ti advocacy for?
What is it we are expected to do to show our outrage? Write letters to the president of Iran?
This is what Iran is. It’s a well known fact.
Horrible things are happening all over the world, even as blogs are written and comments are made. It’s too bad that only a selected few instances and offenders are highlighted, while tohers get a free pass by outraged bloggers.
When is the last time a blogger wrote about what China ifs doing to Tibetans? Or some of its own people?
Jim Satterfield said:
Thank you. I am curious. Why English?
(At least the shirts didn’t say “BABY MILK PLANT” in English)
Link doesn’t work, whats the main site called?
Sam, try this link.
Larger set of photos (larger photos, more of them) can be seen here.
The police cars sometimes say “POLICE,” too.