Would you consider it news if a country widely believed to be developing nuclear weapons held a parade in which its leadership marched to chants of "Death to America!" and one of the speeches predicted a quick "final and total defeat of America"?
Apparently this isn't newsworthy as far as Western media are concerned, with the exception of Steven Stalinsky at the New York Sun (who is to be commended):
It is disturbing when the entire leadership of one nation, along with hundreds of thousands of its citizens, comes out with celebrations and parades every year that call for the annihilation of another country.
It is more twisted that no world leaders or international bodies, including the United Nations, have denounced the activities surrounding Quds Day, an Iranian holiday introduced by Ayatollah Khomeini that is marked on the last Friday of Ramadan.
While the world was focusing on North Korea last week, Iran's mad scientists were hard at work preparing for the annual Quds Day celebrations.
Most of the Western press outlets that reported on the popular holiday simply downplayed it as just another "anti-Israel" day. However, this year's revelries focused both on calling for the annihilation of America and embracing Iran's nuclear program. . . . .
Isfahan University's Mechanical Energy College took first place in a Quds Day competition for its design of a pilotless plane that can be used for "suicide attacks." The director of the Iranian Broadcasting Organization of Music Production, Mohammad Mirzamani, composed a symphony dedicated to "the victory over the Zionist regime," and the country's religious Web logs were told to report on all the festivities.
Portions of the blogosphere are paying attention. Captain's Quarters noticed Iran's "murderous little Quds day" and the distinct lack of attention from Western media.
Here are some pictures from Iran's Quds day that ABC, CBS, NBC, CNN, and the New York Times all apparently neglected to bring you (click and scroll down).
What explains the total lack of attention to Iran's mortal threats from world leaders and Western media?
I guess when it comes to dangerous threats that don't have any immediate domestic political advantage, they would rather "hear no evil."
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