The debate over the skin on DKos today seems fairly short-sighted. The truth is that there is a regime that controls Iran that has a long-standing and fairly well-earned hatred of the U.S., completely as a result of foreign policy decisions from our country's past.
It is of vast import to separate the citizens of Iran from the regime that controls their lives, but it is equally important to understand that the regime, not the citizens, controls Iran's foreign policy and has in the past been a state sponsor of terrorism.
So, while we may be on the side of the reformers and the opposition movement in Iran, it is still important to understand that the regime that still controls the country is very much our enemy, and has on multiple occasions in the past sponsored attacks against Americans and our allies. Furthermore, the goal of the skin is, in my opinion, quite a noble one: to make Americans understand that climate change is not a tree hugger issue; it's a national security issue.
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