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Israel and the U.S. Have Good Reason to Take Hard Line on Iran
(News Letter-Belfast, UK) Editorial - Some people give Israel no credit for being one of the most modern societies in the world when it comes to gender equality. The same people seem never to criticize Israel's neighbors, all of whom are ultra-conservative societies and most of whom are somewhere on the failed state spectrum. Few nations in the Middle East are as repressive as Iran, rooted in an almost medieval view of how a country should be run. It is still a society that interprets Islam in such a way as to think it is acceptable to hang people from cranes for certain crimes. For decades Iran has used terrorism abroad to advance its international aims. This has been tolerated to a remarkable extent. Even the Americans have very rarely retaliated against Iran, though earlier this year they assassinated Gen. Qasem Soleimani, a ruthless military leader. It is unclear who on Friday killed Mohsen Fakhrizadeh, the man who is reputed to have been in charge of Iran's nuclear program. But it would be a remarkably naive Westerner who took Iran's side against Israel.