Mahmoud & Dinesh, BFF

Mahmoud & Dinesh, BFF

Well this is good news: "Iran Says 15 British Captives Free":

TEHRAN, Iran – President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, in a surprise move that defused escalating tension in the Middle East, announced the release of 15 captive British sailors and marines Wednesday in what he called an Easter gift to the British people.

Ahmadinejad also took the opportunity to emphasize his appreciation for Dinesh D'Souza's The Enemy at Home: The Cultural Left and Its Responsibility for 9/11. Referring to British sailor Faye Turney, the Iranian president said:

How can you justify seeing a mother away from her home, her children? Why don't they respect family values in the West?

Ahmadinejad views the western, liberal notion that women are fully human as "disrespect" for "family values" — part of what D'Souza calls an "aggressive global campaign to undermine the traditional patriarchal family."

Karim Sadjadpour notes that Ahmadinejad's mini-lecture on the role of women:

… Come[s] one month after a few dozen Iranian women were arrested and/or beaten while peacefully assembling against laws which, among other things, permit stoning women to death if they are convicted of adultery and deny women equal rights in divorce, custody and inheritance. I’m sure the double standard was lost on him.

I'm sure it was lost on D'Souza, too.


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