Letter: Column embraces absurdity
· bruce farnsworth, camas
AI Briefing
- • Guest opinion in The Columbian sparks controversy with absurd comparison of Iran and Saudi Arabia.
- • Writer criticizes column for conflating Iran's democracy with Western interference.
- • Author argues Middle East politics are complex, with "dirty hands" on all sides.
Source Summary
I rarely read beyond the headlines of the guest opinions in The Columbian. But the absurdity of John Crisp’s column (“We’re on wrong side in Mideast,” The Columbian, July 29) caught my attention. Who in their right mind would ever conflate Iran as having a legitimate democracy, hindered only by British and American meddling? The Saudis are hardly choir boys and unfortunately everyone who has touched the snake pit of Mideast politics has dirty hands.
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