Iran Charges 3 Idiots from UC Berkeley with Espionage
When the US wants to know what is going on in Iran, what do they do? They call up students from UC Berkeley and send them in from Kurdistan with backpacks, nalgenes, trail mix and tevas.
No wait, that's exactly wrong. In case you missed the story (unlikely), three students are being held by Iran for espionage after they accidentally crossed from Kurdistan into Iran while hiking.
Two stories here.
1) Iran deserves to be punished by the rest of the legitimate world community. I propose forced removal of tariffs and the protectionist economy where the blackmarket run by the Revolutionary Guard funds a dictatorship as well as terrorism. Instead of increasing tariffs, and thus increasing the power and discretionary spending of the Revolutionary Guard, we flood their markets with cheap consumables, Hyundais, Toyotas and Fords, (currently the most popular car in Iran is a locally built copy of the old Renault 406 - this is what isolation does, oh the pain) and force them into capitalism.
2) What the hell is wrong with those kids? Who strays from Kurdistan into Iran by accident? The hell is wrong with you? Ok, you got all adventurous and decided that the danger of getting run over by a Escalade with 24' dubs was not enough risk in your life, so you decided to hike in Kurdistan. Dumb, in my opinion, but not over the top. Then, you get there, and somehow you end up on the wrong side of a damn mountain (figuratively speaking - I have no real knowledge of the events).
Did anyone think buying a $100 gps unit, a map and some batteries, might, just might, have been a good idea when you are in the middle of a war-torn region and next to the most vehement enemy of your nation?
They dont deserve to be locked up, but they do deserve to be knocked upside the head.
No wait, that's exactly wrong. In case you missed the story (unlikely), three students are being held by Iran for espionage after they accidentally crossed from Kurdistan into Iran while hiking.
Two stories here.
1) Iran deserves to be punished by the rest of the legitimate world community. I propose forced removal of tariffs and the protectionist economy where the blackmarket run by the Revolutionary Guard funds a dictatorship as well as terrorism. Instead of increasing tariffs, and thus increasing the power and discretionary spending of the Revolutionary Guard, we flood their markets with cheap consumables, Hyundais, Toyotas and Fords, (currently the most popular car in Iran is a locally built copy of the old Renault 406 - this is what isolation does, oh the pain) and force them into capitalism.
2) What the hell is wrong with those kids? Who strays from Kurdistan into Iran by accident? The hell is wrong with you? Ok, you got all adventurous and decided that the danger of getting run over by a Escalade with 24' dubs was not enough risk in your life, so you decided to hike in Kurdistan. Dumb, in my opinion, but not over the top. Then, you get there, and somehow you end up on the wrong side of a damn mountain (figuratively speaking - I have no real knowledge of the events).
Did anyone think buying a $100 gps unit, a map and some batteries, might, just might, have been a good idea when you are in the middle of a war-torn region and next to the most vehement enemy of your nation?
They dont deserve to be locked up, but they do deserve to be knocked upside the head.
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