Comments on: Iran Releases Detained U.S. Academic

Iranian-American Scholar Held For Months In Tehran Is Freed After Posting $330K Bail

[j-whitman]

badaxmofo --- Good morning,,, Somewhat anyway,,
My E-mail this morning Bush is stopping Tri Care Prime for our veterans.... He also opposes full educational benifits for them. Military.com

As for as Obama, he''s pretty much blew it with his comments on Cuba.... As Hillary storms our country & takes Blue States - Go Girl

[fredgrad2000]

"This woman is very fortunate that she was detained by the Iranian government and not by Bush regime. Had she been detained by the Bush regime, she would have likely been spirited off to a secret prison, tortured, raped, soddomized, and would have been lucky to see the light of day again" - FeelFree1

So your contention is that a person is better off detained by the Iranian revolutionary guard than by our own government? And that the Bush administration is less honest and trustworthy than the mullahs in Iran? Are you INSANE!!? Why don''t you go over there? Take a little trip; and see what dark hole you end up in with electric cable attached to your ---- if you make comments about Ahmadinejad or Khamenei on a board like you do regularly about our President and the US government in general. HERE, the worst you get is an education from people with brains who call out your BS for what it is.

[infidel_us]

Everyone KNOWS that Bush and Rove sent her over there just to provoke the Iranians in to kidnapping her so''s that we could go to war with Iran.....just to make them richer!!!!!! :)

[idiobiblio]

FeelFree1

RE: And from what basis do we, as a nation, now have to criticize them?
As a nation, perhaps very little. It''s as an individual that I made my appeal to you. There are many of us who collectively oppose the Wilsonian policies of American history and recognize the hypocrisy when some of our elected officials speak about the evil of our "enemies". However, I personally feel that this country isn''t defined simply by our presidential administrations'' posturing or our governmental and military policies.

RE: Didn''t the majority of those abuses occur under the U.S. installed regime that ''Prinzowales'' refers to?
Indeed. And sadly, that is a strategic and moral blunder that U.S. administrations appear to make time and time again. But the current Iranian regime is well out of our control, and my original point stands. They have a horrible human rights record.

We have an abundance of human dignity remaining. It''s in each of us who avoids complacency and stands up for decency for our fellow man.

[feelfree1]

idiobiblio,

Re: "Sadly, Iran has often shown itself to use extreme torture methods and to quell political dissent with little regard for individual rights."

And from what basis do we, as a nation, now have to criticize them? What a sorry state we find ourselves in. Didn''t the majority of those abuses occur under the U.S. installed regime that ''Prinzowales'' refers to?

Re: "We should always argue in favor of human dignity."

Agreed. Do we, collectively as a nation, have any left?

[idiobiblio]

FeelFree1, I am highly opposed to the Bush administration''s policy of using foreign secret prisons and torture. However, to argue that Mrs. Esfandiari is fortunate to have been detained by the Iranian government over the Bush administration simply isn''t reasonable. Sadly, Iran has often shown itself to use extreme torture methods and to quell political dissent with little regard for individual rights. We should always argue in favor of human dignity.

[prinzowhales]

FeelFree1--Right you are...Lee Hamilton is a cover-up artist from the 9-11 Commission. The Soros group is beneath contempt. If the shoe were on the other foot the woman would not have been allowed into the United States.

The Washington Regime used the same methods and worse to overthrow Iranian democracy under Mossadegh and replaced the elected leader with the Shah and the torturers at SAVAK.

[feelfree1]

superchez1,

Re: "All muslims and feelfree must die!!!!!!!!!"

Are you threatening me over the Internet? Not only is that cowardly and pathetic, but it is also a serious crime.

Would you care to clarify this?

[feelfree1]

Re: "This has been a long and trying ordeal for her and her family," Hamilton told reporters by phone. "Her physical and mental well-being are now the urgent priority."

This woman is very fortunate that she was detained by the Iranian government and not by Bush regime. Had she been detained by the Bush regime, she would have likely been spirited off to a secret prison, tortured, raped, soddomized, and would have been lucky to see the light of day again.