[EyeGuy]

“Hiker Sarah Shourd criticizes Iranian, American policies”.

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Well, up the street, here comes my garbage man.

His opinion on Iranian-American policies is EVERY BIT as valid as the hiker’s.

However, the anti-American, anti-Christian queers at SFHate won’t be giving HIM a platform though.

[noprogs]

As Archie Bunker used to say, “Stifle, you dingbat, stifle!”

[susannah59]

If I had this irresistible urge to go hiking in another country, outside of the US, I would give serious consideration to Canada. If I really wanted to travel, I'd consider Australia.

The closest I want to come to Iran is an antique Persian rug.

[Bon mots]

Let’s take up a collection to pay for a nice cruise for this bright young genius... Let’s say, up the Somali coast...

[gandalftb]

They climbed 400 foot up to the top of a ridge to get to Iran. They were warned many times by locals not to go.

I believe they did so to meet activists and give them sat phones.

They are 3 lucky Berkely grads.

[Jim Scott]

If you read the short article, Sarah Shourd takes a pretty hard shot at Iran but seems to lament the fact that the U.S. is likely going to end up at war with that sad country, ruled by 'religious' fanatics that long for death and destruction even if it is their death and Iran's destruction.

Shourd is obviously conflicted. She knows now that Iran is a hell-hole and it's leadership is dangerously deluded but her knee-jerk anti-American leanings (she's a graduate of UC Berkeley) push her to find something to complain about regarding the country that helped get her out of an Iranian prison after Shourd and her two male companions stupidly went hiking in Iranian territory and were captured as spies. I submit that this young woman's comments are of little import and will be quickly forgotten.