Don't you think thats a little contrite and high minded?
No, just analytical.
I don't think we should suffer that type of brutality just because it's apart of there culture or history. It's just plain wrong.
Why is it wrong? Because your ethics and morals tell you that it is wrong?
Also, ya the USA is not perfect but we have done helluva lot more good than bad. We donate more to charities and we provide aid to almost any country that experiances a natural distaster. So you can point to our past (and present) mistakes but that is by no means an indictment of our character and our heart.
They also donate to charity there. Maybe not Christian charity groups.
No, the indictment of your character and heart is what you are willed to do on others, what you are not willed to see done on you.
If you say that the Iran is absolutely incompatible with western values, then you are perfectly right. It is. But don't forget that we did the same things in our past only for eventually arriving at the conclusion that these things didn't work for our advantage.
I bet we would still be openly oppressing women, if these women didn't keep the countries running during the first world war. Iran will one day arrive at the same turning point. Maybe sooner than many allies of the USA, which you are not turning your wrath at.
You complain about Iran...but why don't you attack Saudi-Arabia first? They have even more of the named atrocities and distasteful culture. Iran has a huge number of female engineers and women have more liberties in Iran than in Saudi-Arabia. The UAE are full of tiny tyrants, who oppress their citizens.
Actually, why all the talking here. I just want you to admit that, by the deepest primordial instincts and emotions, you just don't like North Korea or Iran and want to see these countries wiped from the map. Its not about ethics or morals, or about liberty or democracy. They are the target of your anger and should bow before you, if they don't want to feel your arguments impact into their cities.
It's alright...don't feel ashamed of your emotions.