For a change, conspiracy theory nutballs have provided some interesting information
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As the war of words between Western nations led by United States and Iran’s hardline government over its nuclear program has escalated in the past few weeks, a cartoon published on the editorial page of the Columbus Dispatch on September 4 has created a furor among Iranians worldwide.
The cartoon by Michael Ramirez portrays Iran as a sewer with the word "extremism" on its lid. Cockroaches are shown spreading out across the region and infecting Lebanon, Palestine, Syria, Iraq, and Afghanistan with "extremism".
Hmm, sure seemed to take a while to get out there. Wonder why it is coming out now? Couldn’t possibly have anything to do with Ahmanutjob speaking to the UN on the 24th, could it?
But for many Iranians, it is a visualization of a new propaganda war that echoes the way a large part of the US media backed the invasion of Iraq in 2003. Ali Sheikholeslami, executive director of the Islamic Cultural Center of Northern California, said the cartoon perpetuates the dehumanization of Iranians, and Muslims in general.
Blah blah blah. Story goes on about this being some full American media and government conspiracy to prepare for war against Iran, "similar to what happened in the run up to Iraq."
"It can easily be misunderstood, and in that sense the cartoonist has failed because [he] has wanted to be critical. A good cartoon should make a political statement without stereotyping. The more a cartoonist reverts to stereotyping, the greater the risk is to be misunderstood and be hurtful to the people," said Holm.
Yet, I bet these same liberals have no problems with the disgusting, and sometimes racist, cartoons by leftists such as Ted Rall and Pat Oliphant, among others.
If the average Iranian doesn’t like the comparison, well, perhaps they should do something about their country being one of the worst terror supporters in the world, if not the worst.
A big pirate welcome to all the Sadly, No! Holocaust deniers and Iranian jihad supporters!
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