Of course, I'm biased, but I'd say Iran deserved to be a lot lower on the list. and their evidence is misleading. it's not like women are stoned to death in downtown tehran and homosexuals are persecuted like jews in nazi germany. the gay guys who were killed were convicted of raping a pubescent boy. Anyone havea better idea of what to do with sex offenders? (that's the guys, obviously an adulterous woman is not a sex offender).

Not that iran doesn't have it's problems, but it's not the heart of darkness like the Sudan or something
lester | 02.11.07 - 9:38 am | #

Mugabe didn't make the top 5? Forget this list.
Dan Nexon | Homepage | 02.11.07 - 4:55 pm | #

The flesh boiler of Samarkand didn't make the list?? Forget this list.
Nur al-Cubicle | Homepage | 02.12.07 - 7:29 pm | #

shortlist, I mean.
Nur al-Cubicle | Homepage | 02.12.07 - 7:29 pm | #

all of europe asks "what about bush and messr. olmert?
lester | 02.13.07 - 5:09 pm | #

lester writes:

"all of europe asks 'what about bush . . . ?'"

This is utterly ridiculous! I'm no fan of Dubya's put to put him in the same category as these other thugs is absurd. Anyone who can't understand the difference between life under al-Bashir in Sudan or Kim in North Korea and life under Dubya--who will be out of office in less than two years absolutely no matter what--is an idiot.

Even if you want to talk about U.S. actions in a place like Iraq it is absurd to pin this on Dubya in the way the actions of the government in Zimbabwe can be pinned on Mugabe or those in Pakistan on Musharraf. Dubya wouldn't have been able to do a darned thing in Iraq without the support of opposition legislators like Kerry, Clinton, Edwards, Obama, Biden, Reid, Durbin, Dodd, Pelosi, and Hoyer.
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David Johnson | 02.15.07 - 10:43 am | #

david- no no. iagree but that's how people in europe always are. i'm american
lester | 02.15.07 - 3:41 pm | #

Saddam should get a posthumous lifetime achievement award.
A.E. | Homepage | 02.16.07 - 6:45 pm | #

a number of american "allies" on that list: China, pakistan.
lester | 02.17.07 - 4:03 pm | #

To D. Johnson:
Obama was not in the Senate when the Oct 02 authorization to use force in Iraq passed. Hard to pin that one on him. Maybe some of his actions re Iraq and foreign policy in general can be criticized, but I think his share of responsibility for Iraq is rather small.
LC | 02.20.07 - 11:14 pm | #

LC writes:

"Obama was not in the Senate when the Oct 02 authorization to use force in Iraq passed. Hard to pin that one on him. Maybe some of his actions re Iraq and foreign policy in general can be criticized, but I think his share of responsibility for Iraq is rather small."

Yada, yada, yada. If Democrats like Obama had not voted each year to fund it there would be no war.
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David Johnson | 02.21.07 - 2:36 pm | #