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Thread #121502   Message #2656297
Posted By: CarolC
14-Jun-09 - 03:33 PM
Thread Name: BS: Election in Iran
Subject: RE: BS: Election in Iran
Thanks for putting words in my mouth (yet another dishonest tactic from this poster).

I have not backed election stealing in any form. What I support is non-interference in the internal affairs of other countries. This means not propping up dictators who are willing to do our bidding, and not trying to use issues like the election in Iran as a pretext for attacking that country, even despite the fact that the people of that country do not want us to attack them for any reason.

It's this cynical abuse of the cause of human rights as a justification for violating human rights that I have a big problem with. Most of the people using this issue as a way to agitate for violating the human rights of Iranians by attacking their country really don't give a shit about Iranian human rights. They have a different agenda and reason for their faux concern for the results of this election. Their agenda is imperialism. We know this because they only care about supporting democracy when doing so helps them further their own agendas, and they don't give a shit about the people suffering under dictatorial regimes when those regimes support their agendas.