Quote from 2cents:
discriminatory? get some help dude... i personally dislike US foreign policy in general, starting from the revolting overthrow of democratically elected Mossadegh by the CIA in 1953, but there are some geopolitical realities - starting with Europe self-destroying itself over 2 WWs - that led to / allowed those abuses to happen, like it or not, and its now going to take much more than a bunch of hate-mongering women-slaughtering muslim brothers, fundamentalist mollahs & petty dictators to change that... and thankfully so methinks...
also, i don't give a shit about p.c. americana in case it wasn't clear... and honestly u can think what u want AFAIAC 
if you like to read, try this:
shirin ebadi, nobel peace prize 2003, iran awakening
http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/1400064708/103-8019625-6485432?v=glance&n=283155
Well this part of my point. The way in which you characterize the mullahs shows your bias. You say you don't care about pc Americana or US foreign policy, but you include a link to a book about the struggle against oppresion in Iran.
What's your point? Are you trying to justify US transgressions in the region based on human rights obligations? Please. Our relationship with Iran brings to light the true nature of our Imperialist state. A close and objective look at the current nuclear dispute and the rhetoric being exchanged between all parties
brings to light the unmistakable and critical flaws in US foreign policy. Flaws that exist to facilitate a non-public agenda. Every country has its pitfalls and negatives that can be highlighted and magnified by any propaganda machine,
especially one as sophisticated and subtle as the US media. You come here and allude to my ignorance in this matter, yet you attach a link to a book about Iranian suppression by a Nobel peace-prize winner. I suppose you also think we "liberated" Iraq as well? Where can we spread democracy next? Destroy the axis of evil! Down with the muslim psychos and communist fanatics! They're all crazy! =(
Have you ever considered why the current Iranian regime is so radical? Think about the history of that country and their view of the US. Only hard-liners such as they could emerge to overthrow the former US-backed shah and their rigid and archaic societal rules may exist to counter the equally extreme religious imperialist stance of the West (US + baby britain).
It's "educated" people like you who focus on real and just causes, i.e. human rights and religious freedom, to inadvertantly further the administration's goal of demonizing Iran and distorting the true nature of the issue in the eyes of the US public.
Aren't there problems in this country? Do we not have our own human rights issues? If you say no, then I think we're coming from two fundamentally different perspectives and will not see eye to eye. If you say yes, then I ask whose responsibility is it to address these rights abuses? A lone foreign government? How about a small but powerful alliance of foreign governments whose interests are in direct conflict with our own?
I guess I'm trying to say (somewhat unsuccessfully) is that despite your general knowledge about US foreign policy, etc. I'm not sure you get it? Or maybe you do but you simply think we SHOULD be in Iran, for whatever reason.
And what's this about pc Americana? explain? Frankly I think "pc-ism" died a while ago. Now we have cynicism, materialism, and indifference. We also have generations of over-educated but under-exposed "know-it-all's" who don't realize they too are a cog in the big machine and will contribute greatly to our greatest export (world domination and subjugation through financial, political, and military means) as they enthusiastically embrace and champion "just causes".
Don't interpret that last sentence as a consipracy theory, or me as some quack. I'm not an "anti-American leftist liberal whatever-label-we-use-here" type of person. Just timply calling a dck a duck. Empires are hard to miss, they've existed throughout history and can be characterized quite easily. The US and its fiat dollar hegemony are no different.
