Re: Although ...
"We are not worse than Syria, Iran, Iraq, Yemen, Libya, Algeria, Bangladesh, Brunei, Kuwait, Lebanon, Malaysia, Oman, Pakistan, Sudan, Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates". Would it make you happy if you could say that with a straight face? If yes, then you are setting the expectations for your own country very, very low.
"Sometimes the only way to deal with oppressive, unfair regimes is to show them that you mean business."
It was the USA who destroyed democracy in Iran in the 1950's and installed their sock puppet Shah Reza Pahlevi. The current government in Iran descends from the revolutionaries who overthrew the oppressive, unfair regime that was installed their by the USA. And then, at a time when the USA and Saddam Hussein were still best friends, they supported Iraq in a murderous war against the Iran where thousands were killed by poison gas. If you look at the moral position, I'd say the USA is way, way behind.
Biting the hand that feeds IT
