Intervention In Iran Evil? You Decide

OK, I've been seeing a few articles coming out lately that are basically saying we need to leave Iran alone with the excuse as to why usually being something along the lines of how we've failed in Afghanistan and still haven't found evidence of WMD in Iraq.

Let's review:

Afghanistan

Before US intervention:

Remember this joker? (AFP File Photo)

After US intervention and "failure:"

Unveiled Afghan schoolgirls walk with burqa-clad women in Kabul, Afghanistan, Saturday, June 21, 2003. The vast majority of Afghan women still wear the burqa, however many younger Afghan girls are wearing unveiled garments, showing an increasingly liberal side of the country. (AP Photo/ Rafiq Maqbool)

Wait! You mean there are girls going to school? And they can walk the streets without a burqa?? How could we have done this to a nation that was obviously so well off under Osama and the Taliban?

US intervention: a force for good or a force of evil? You decide.

Iraq

No evidence of WMDs:

An Iraqi man holds the identity papers of two of his missing brothers as he hopes to find their remains in this mass grave, 50 kms south of Baghdad, May 24, 2003. Thousands of Iraqis are believed to have been tortured and killed under the ruthless regime of Saddam Hussein. Bodies at this mass grave were all blindfolded and handcuffed. REUTERS/Damir Sagolj

The WMDs themselves:

Saddam Hussein poses with his sons Uday and Qusay (R) in a photo from the private archive of an official photographer for the regime. The most important Iraqi captured by U.S. troops yet has told his interrogators former President Hussein is alive along with his two sons, who fled to Syria after the fall of Baghdad and later returned to Iraq, U.S. officials said on June 21, 2003. REUTERS/Stringer

WMD a little different looking than you expected? They still directly caused the deaths of thousands upon thousands of civilians. Does the fact that they were killed by men instead of bombs make their deaths any less significant or deplorable? Were Saddam and his sons not as great a threat, if not a greater threat, to humanity than an inanimate weapon? He was a threat to the US, his opportunity to strike at us just hadn't presented itself yet.

US intervention in Iraq: a force of good or of evil? You decide. Of course if you need help, you could always ask these guys:

Iraqi Shi'ite demonstrators march towards the interim U.S.-led administration's headquarters, in the republican palace area of Baghdad, June 21, 2003. The protesters were demanding more representation in Iraq's political affairs. (Akram Saleh/Reuters)

For the first time most of their lives, they can tell you without fear of appearing in the first picture.

Iran

So what to do about Iran? They're a nation without energy or environmental concerns, yet:

The United States wants the International Atomic Energy Agency to voice concern about Iran's nuclear programs and its failure to answer questions about them, a senior U.S. official said on June 11, 2003. Washington does not expect the Vienna-based U.N. nuclear watchdog to refer the issue of Iran's suspected nuclear weapons program to the U.N. Security Council at a board meeting on Monday, the senior State Department official told reporters. Workmen wearing protective clothing walk away from the Russian-built Bushehr nuclear power reactor under construction in southwestern Iran in this March 11 file photo. Photo by Morteza Nikoubazl/Reuters

The Iranian students are protesting calling for more freedom. How does the regime respond?

Young Iranians sit in a hallway of Evin prison, in Tehran, after being arrested in recent student protests, on Sunday, June 15, 2003. The anti-government protests, which began on Tuesday, were the largest in months and included unprecedented chants calling for the death of Iran's supreme leader, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei. (AP Photo)

Notice the looks on their faces. Wonder why they look so glum and dejected? It's not because this arrest might hurt future job prospects or political aspirations. No, it's because they may be about to die (second paragraph).

US intervention or the status quo? Which is more evil?

You decide.