Reply #125: Compared to Iran?! We're the fucking Jetsons!

[Raskolnik]

Your whole argument seems to be predicated on the following assumption: if we acknowledge the fact that Iran is run by a brutally repressive theocracy and it is in our best interests to have a smart plan for dealing with that regime, we must therefore be saying our own actions are morally pure. That's a false dichotomy and it just doesn't stand up to any reasonable scrutiny.

I have absolutely no problem stating that Iran is a very dangerous country run by some very bad people. I am simultaneously able to remember that our own country has done bad things in the (not so distant) past. One does not negate the other. If you are unable to hold these positions simultaneously, you do yourself and the discussion a rather large disservice by assuming that no one else can either.