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why is it ok for the west to declare war on entire sections of the islamic religion, complete with calls for their destruction and death, but when they do it to us it is unspeakable?


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You've got it backwards, weatherman, and are deeply confused.

The Iranian motto "Death To America!" dates all the way back to the 1970's when the Ayatollah Khomeini took over the Iranian government along with his Revolutionary Guards.

THEY, not we, said it first--and we are not even saying it now.

Moreover, NO religious sect (or political sect) is acceptable if it calls for imposing death and destruction on all non-members of that sect. Some of the fanatical elements of Islam DO believe in that and call for such, and among them are the actual government of Iran and the mad mullahs.

Israel has never claimed as its goal the death and destruction of Iran. The USA has never claimed as its goal the death and destruction of Iran. The Mad Mullahs of Iran however have claimed the twin goals of the death and destruction of Israel and of the USA.

Hope this helps.