It's not difficult to go through a year without hearing some sort of moral equivocation, especially regarding decisions made in the last century's conflicts. But that sort of relativistic exercise doesn't hold any water. Look at the picture above and ask yourself this: would the Iranian mullahs have done the same for us?
SAME AS IT EVER WAS: Says titular Iranian President Mohammed Khatami:
"I don't think this incident will change our relations with the United States," Khatami told a news conference in the capital of southeastern Kerman province where officials say up to 50,000 people were killed in a quake that struck Friday...."In incidents like this governments normally do not consider their differences," he said. "But this has got nothing to do with political issues. The problems in Iran-U.S. relations are rooted in history."
Make no mistake: this is beneficial. We shouldn't forget that our friends are the beset, pro-American people of Iran, not their theocrat jailers.