Posted on 10/12/2014 2:48:56 PM PDT by OddLane
On the October 12 broadcast of National Public Radio's Weekend Edition, host Ari Shapiro discussed Iran's appeal as a tourist destination with Iranian-born, U.K.-based writer Kamin Mohammadi. While Mohammadi is no regime puppet--she was vocal in her opposition to the 2009 crackdown--her Twitter feed is lately full of anti-Israel rhetoric and government retweets, and she did her best to put an absurdly positive spin on Iran for NPR.
Mohammadi praises Iran's history, beauty, and culture, pointing out that parts of the country are quite modern, and that those coexist with artifacts of ancient civilizations. All true--and irrelevant to the question of whether Americans might, in fact, be able to travel to the country safely. Eventually Shapiro poses a tough challenge to his guest:
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who would be stupid enough to go ANYWHERE near that area of the world right now?
NPR is the propaganda wing of the DNC.
Who would want to go to ANY Muslim country, much less Iran?
I think Expedia is putting together a tour package, 3 days in Gaza, 3 in Iran with a final 3 in Guinea.
“her Twitter feed is lately full of anti-Israel rhetoric and government retweets, “
That’s all anyone needs to read
Nazi Germany would have been fun to visit right before WW2, also!
geez you would think they would top it off with a grand ebola party in liberia!
It rankles me to no end that I am forced to fund NPR, under penalty of arrest (IRS), to run idiotic PR campaigns for the Ayatollah’s tourism initiative.
The Iranians practice what they preach:
https://www.google.com/search?tbm=isch&hl=en&source=hp&q=gay+hanging+iran
From the link:
Being gay - first of all, in Iran as a foreigner, I think you're going to be left alone as long as you respect the laws on the outside. So women, if they can cover the hair and cover their - you know, you respect the dress laws and the sort of behavior laws, which are just logical things really, you know. There's no problems. The fact is that everything exists in Iran as it does here. It's just that the way that we have to approach things there are slightly different.
Slightly different?
NPR is Commie, Muslim-sympathizing Christian-hating subsidized cesspool.
Gosh, how surprising. The Age of Aquarius the Water Bearer continues.
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