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A glorious culture clash took place in Iran recently that made me laugh out loud. The children of Che Guevara, the revolutionary pin-up, had been invited to Tehran University to commemorate the 40th anniversary of their father’s death and celebrate the growing solidarity between “the left and revolutionary Islam” at a conference partly paid for by Hugo Chavez, the Venezuelan president. ** There were fraternal greetings and smiles all round as America’s “earth-devouring ambitions” were denounced. But then one of the speakers, Hajj Saeed Qassemi, the co-ordinator of the Association of Volunteers for Suicide-Martyrdom (who presumably remains selflessly alive for the cause), revealed that Che was a “truly religious man who believed in God and hated communism and the Soviet Union”. ** Che’s daughter Aleida wondered if something might have been lost in translation. “My father never mentioned God,” she said, to the consternation of the audience. “He never met God.” During the commotion, Aleida and her brother were led swiftly out of the hall and escorted back to their hotel. “By the end of the day, the two Guevaras had become non-persons. The state-controlled media suddenly forgot their existence,” the Iranian writer Amir Taheri noted. ** After their departure, Qassemi went on to claim that Fidel Castro, the “supreme guide” of Guevara, was also a man of God. “The Soviet Union is gone,” he affirmed. “The leadership of the downtrodden has passed to our Islamic republic. Those who wish to destroy America must understand the reality and not be clever with words.”

Isn’t it amazing how one truly devoted to his god can simply dismiss little pesky details…and then quickly hide the evidence under the rug! What a great story!

But this article contains so much more. It’s just a hoot to read, including a link to a pdf file containing a quiz. Answers determine whether one is a phony progressive...or not. The quiz contains questions such as:

1. Is it OK for Muslims to be homophobic because of their culture?

4. Is anti-semitism a legitimate response to frustration with American and Israeli policy?

6. Can you be a people’s champion if your people can’t get rid of you?

Any sane person can immediately see the petard upon which the left has climed. Sarah goes on to say, “There used to be a clear dividing line between conservatives and liberals. It defined the culture wars of the late 20th century…That fault line is becoming as dated as the flower power of the 1960s.”

Fer sure! I only hope I hang in long enough to see how the lines divide in the future. I would think that the phrase “you’re either with us or agin us” would begin to sink in. What was it that Qassemi said…“The leadership of the downtrodden has passed to our Islamic republic. Those who wish to destroy America must understand the reality and not be clever with words.”

It does have a certain ring...so, what's not to get?

Oh! And by the way, Hajj...if anyone has championed the "downtrodden" in recent times it is the AMERICAN PEOPLE...ALL of the American people...not just those who trumpet their giving and caring with self-congratulatory progressive conceit.

Hey, if that link didn’t work just cut and paste:

http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/world/middle_east/article2701379.ece