'Great Satan Park' planned (former US embassy in Tehran)

[sabra]

http://www.news24.com/News24/World/News/0,,2-10-1462_1930302,00.html

'Great Satan Park' planned

Tehran - The former US embassy in Tehran could soon see a new chapter in its troubled history, with a top Iranian commander calling for the downtown compound to be turned into a "Great Satan Park".

"We would be able to nicely show off the American crimes to citizens strolling in the park," General Mir-Faisal Bagherzadeh told the official news agency IRNA.

"The former American Den of Spies should become the park of Great Satan," said the general, who heads the Sacred Defence Foundation - an influential propaganda body set up to commemorate the 1980-88 Iran-Iraq war.

Following Iran's Islamic revolution in 1979 that toppled the US-backed shah, the former US embassy was seized by Islamist students and 52 of its staff were taken hostages for 444 days.

[jukes]

1. now *THAT'S* the way

to "stick it to the man"!

[Canuckistanian]

2. Think of it as a 'fair and balanced' theme park

After all the western powers have done to screw Iran over the decades, I don't blame them one bit.

[rodeodance]

3. umm. guess they did not like us calling them evil.

[lonestarnot]

4. Hmmm, are they planning a merry-go-round complete with IED's?

[AngryAmish]

5. BTW, when do we get that back?

[MrPrax]

6. LOL!!!

First big laff of the day!!

It doesn't seem to matter which country it is anymore--thoseThird World types seem to be having FAR more fun with their political system than we do...

[sweetheart]

7. Really.

Too bad the US does not have an embassy to turn in to a themepark stateside,
or the drama would be thunderous. "evil satan themepark" where we could
ride through a simulated nuclear blast, watch videos of 2000 pound bombs
blowing up children and get all emotional... about whomever is evil that
day.

[Kailassa]

10. What would you need an embassy for?

You have congress.

[Igel]

8. Ah. Another diplomatic overture. n/t

[cliss]

9. Question:

will they have a "Shah" Room? You know, the one we installed in the 50's; the Shah of Iran, with his Peacock Throne? Whow, that was magnificent. The throne was covered in jewels, Reza Pahlavi sat on it, he even held a scepter which looked like it had a huge diamond on the end.

Next to him stood the Empress (I think?), Farah Diba, with her royal diamond-covered dress.

WOW those were the days. Why can't we have those days back? People love opulence. It was all so royal.

Right, Gorgan Ahmadinejad?