Our "Partners for Peace" in the middle east and a nation we are told we can trust to live up to its agreements demonstrated anew the wisdom of President Obama in relying on Iran to be a decent, civilized, country. The Iranian government just ordered that a man's eye be gouged out as retribtuion for an acid attack that left another man blind and disfigured. An "eye for an eye" - literally. How right. How proper. How civilized - if we were living in the 8th century. Alas, we are not. And the prospect of this theocracy - existing out of time and place - getting a nuclear weapon should chill the souls of any rational man anywhere. It would be like giving a caveman an AK-47. He's not sure what to do with it at first, but give him time, he'll figure it out. The Guardian: The convicted acid attacker, who has not been identified, was rendered unconscious in Rajai-Shahr prison in the city of Karaj on Tuesday as medics gouged out his left eye,...(Read Full Post)