#808

Why, exactly, does Iran have a “regime” while the US has a “government”? It’s also bit tiresome that so many Western commentators feel obliged to begin any remark about Iran with a ritual disclaimer: “Of course they don’t support the Islamic regime in Tehran, of course those mullahs are dreadful, of course they must go.” Such performative claptrap. One wonders: do these same commentators clear their throats in quite the same way before discussing some of the more unsavoury potentates in the Middle East? Or is this linguistic caution reserved for those that are non-compliant?