Quite possibly the most bizarre LTTE ever published, anywhere

[jmowreader]

So I'm sitting on the can this morning studying the competition's newspaper, and I come across this letter to the editor:

http://www.spokesman.com/letters/2011/feb/18/those-who-ignore-history-repeat-it/

It talks about two "staunch US allies" that were abandoned by "weak, leftist presidents": Reza Pahlavi, Shah of Iran, and Hosni Mubarak, President for Life of Egypt. According to the letter writer, "Iran went from a progressive, secular nation to a place where human rights don't exist."

Not quite.

Reza Pahlavi and Hosni Mubarak were both dictators who ruled through terror, disappeared people, robbed their countries blind and practiced religious oppression. If "weak, leftist presidents" can get rid of worthless thugs like these, give me more weak, leftist presidents.

[Motown_Johnny]

1. and Ronald Reagan illegally sending guns to Iran, well that was helpful

right?


:sarcasm:

[Curmudgeoness]

2. Sadly, there are too many people who don't know history.

And others who want to revise it. Who knows which side this letter writer is, but it doesn't matter. Idiots.

[Ozymanithrax]

3. To be fair to Iran, it was a secular nation where women could live openly...

in a mostly open society. It was replaced by a very right wing conservative religous totalitarian government where women, gays, and anyone not of a right wing religous bent are harshly repressed.

I hope, that whatever form Egypt's government takes, it's people keep it mostly a secular government as it was under Mubarak, rather than going for full blown right wing relgious crazy.

[bluestateguy]

4. Neo-cons love democracy

as long as their guys always win.

[Lindsay]

5. Well, Mubarak had the always-win thing down.

Explains the Rethug support, I guess.

:shrug:

[patrice]

6. One of the more recent recipients of the (very old) Papal Order of the Golden Spur was

Reza Pahlavi. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Order_of_the_Golden_Spur

There's a strong PAC in that same culture called the American Society for the Defense of Tradition, Family, and Property
http://www.tfp.org/index.php

That's probably the demographic that produced the letter that you are looking at.