Editor,
It has been an effective tool of U.S. foreign policy to justify military action against weaker countries in the name of defending human rights. The planned stoning of the single mother in Iran is only the latest installment of this long-running deception.
The Western media has cast the United States as the pure-hearted savior of these women from the satanic, misogynistic mullahs of Iran. If only this Hollywood pipe dream were true. The reality is that the United States is only interested in human rights when it serves the interests of Wall Street.
The fact of the matter is that Iran sits atop vast amounts of oil that Uncle Sam would love to get his hands on. So in conclusion, my fellow citizens, please remember if a woman was being stoned to death for adultery in a country that had friendly relations with corporate America, the U.S. media would be strangely mute.
Muhajir Romero
UNM student
