This seems awfully petty for an allegedly great nation:
President Barack Obama on Friday signed into law a bill barring entrance to the U.S. for any foreign diplomat seen as a threat to American security or who has engaged in "terrorist activity"---a measure that effectively bans Iran’s ambassador to the United Nations.Washington said earlier this week that it would not issue a visa to Iran's pick for U.N. envoy, Hamid Aboutalebi, because he is suspected of involvement in the 1979 hostage crisis at the U.S. Embassy in Tehran.
Can't really believe that the people who govern us would care to keep fighting this ancient conflict. Besides, the Iranians had plenty of reasons to be furious with us. Not to justify hostage-taking, but we shouldn't forget that it only happened after we granted asylum to the guy who we had installed by deceit, and who had tortured, jailed and executed many of their compatriots. Maybe we should choose sides more carefully in the future.
---Baron V
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