Iran and the selective outrage of the West

The refusal to condemn a murderous theocracy reveals the hypocrisy of activists.

If our principles are inconsistent they cannot be said to exist at all. This is a lesson yet to be learned by those activists who have endlessly marched against the tragic loss of civilian life in foreign conflicts but are curiously silent on the oppression of the people of Iran. Since the protests against the Islamic theocracy flared up a few days ago,…