Can anyone at the US State department spell ‘Irony’?
February 15th, 2011 § 2 Comments
From the State Department’s 14 February 2011 daily press briefing.
MR. CROWLEY: Well, that – what has guided us throughout the last three months and guides us in terms of how we focus on Iran is the core principles – the Secretary mentioned them again today – of restraint from violence, respect for universal rights, and political and social reform. There is a – it is hypocrisy that Iran says one thing in the context of Egypt but refuses to put its own words into action in its own country.
QUESTION: How about other countries – Bahrain, Yemen, or Algeria, or Jordan? Why you are not talking about those countries and you are condemning what is happening in Iran?
MR. CROWLEY: Well, actually, in the other countries there is greater respect for the rights of the citizens.
State Department hypocrisy is comical. Does Iran need reform? Yes. Are we in any position to dictate it while backing Israel, which by the way will has a poor record on human rights, is actively engaged in ethnic cleansing and occupies land illegally.
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more ‘irony’
http://www.antiwar.com/blog/2011/02/17/as-hillary-touts-free-expression-police-brutalize-ray-mcgovern/