I should have known to not try to parody the Biden administration. Consider this a lesson learned.
As RedState reported, the (now former) president of Iran died in a helicopter crash on Sunday. He was one of several murderous Islamists who perished after slamming into a mountainside, likely due to deteriorating weather. Due to the sheer incompetence of the Iranian regime, it took over 12 hours to find the wreckage.
SEE: Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi Reportedly Dead After Helicopter Crash
At the time, I threw out a post about Joe Biden offering condolences. It was meant to be a joke highlighting the absurdity of the administration's relationship with the Iranians.
Well, so much for my comedic chops.
To drive how crazy this is home, we need to discuss who Ebrahim Raisi was, though the fact that his nickname was the "Butcher of Tehran" kind of gives the game away without the need for further details. Specifically, Raisi signed an execution order in 1988 that led to the mass murder of thousands of dissidents who opposed the Islamic regime. He became no more moderate in his old age, arresting thousands of women in an attempt to quash protests that broke out in 2022. Hundreds were confirmed to have been raped and executed while in custody.
That's just a small taste of the murderous tyranny Raisi partook in throughout his time in power. Yet, here is the Biden administration offering "official condolences" for a man who was on the same level as some of history's most violent and oppressive authoritarians. This is no different than had the United States offered condolences to the Germans for the death of Hitler. For context, there have been no American diplomatic relations with Iran since 1980.
In other words, there was zero requirement or even expectation for condolences to be offered in this case. This was a choice made by Biden and Antony Blinken, the secretary of state who recently did a bad cover of "Rocking in the Free World" in Ukraine because he cares so deeply about "democracy" and freedom.
Biden was lambasted in response to the move.
This is where we are. If you feel like your country has lost whatever moral center it once had, you'd be right. We've got a president who takes the side of Hamas to appease radicals in Michigan while offering condolences for the death of a mass murderer. It is what it is, and it only changes if voters make it change.