How often were we told that America was hating because of Bush?  How many implications were made that, if we just we a little bit nicer, we wouldn’t have America-hating countries making spurious allegations against us?  I don’t know the exact answer to either of those questions, but whatever the number, it was too many:

An Iranian official accused the United States on Friday of involvement in a mosque bombing that killed more than 20 people in volatile southeastern Iran, two weeks before a presidential election.

Washington denied the allegation.

Jalal Sayyah, of the governor’s office in Sistan-Baluchestan province, said three people had been arrested in connection with blast on Thursday in a crowded Shi’ite mosque in the city of Zahedan, in a region where many of Iran’s minority Sunnis live.

“The terrorists, who were equipped by America in one of our neighbouring countries, carried out this criminal act in their efforts to create religious conflict and fear and to influence the presidential election,” Sayyah told state radio.

How could they accuse Dear Leader of such a thing?  It turns out the enemies of America are still the enemies of America, regardless of who the president is.

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