Radley Balko catches this sadly hilarious insanity from neocon Michael Ledeen lamenting the terrible state of the justice system in Iran:
Terrifying pictures, to be sure. For me, the most revealing thing about them is that the police feel obliged to wear masks while conducting a drug bust in the capital. tells you something about the relationship between the people and the state.
The relationship between the people and the state. Oh Michael. Have you visited the United States? Have you met these people? For many of them, the very last thing they saw in their too-short lives were police wearing masks. Will you care about them? Will you call for military intervention to save them from tyranny?
Radley has more pictures for Michael to check out.