Khomeini: U.S. is best example of freedom

Houston Chronicle ^ | Aug. 7, 2003, 7:15AM | VIVIENNE WALT

[Kaslin]

BAGHDAD, Iraq -- The name is the same, but the words from the younger Ayatollah Khomeini's mouth could hardly be more jolting for those who remember his grandfather's explosive revolution in Iran with the chants of "Death to America!"

"America" says Ayatollah Seyed Hussein Khomeini, "is the symbol of freedom."

Seated in the sprawling living room of his temporary Baghdad home, where he lives under armed guard, Khomeini says, "The best example of freedom in our life now is America, especially its Constitution."

Khomeini, 45, the oldest grandson of Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini, slipped out of Iran in early July and, he says, now lives under risk of assassination by Iranian security agents. His arrival in Iraq has caused a stir in the Shiite holy cities of Karbala and Najaf

[Pearls Before Swine]

You try so hard to raise your children right, to instill your values in them, but this just shows it's a crap shoot.

My sentiments exactly. LOL.

[Jay D. Dyson]

BTTT!

[Kaslin]

Thanks for the bump