WAIT, WHAT?! MSNBC Analyst Calls Iran ‘Most Western Nation’ within the Center East [WATCH]

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The takes get increasingly weird…

MSNBC political analyst and former Obama official Richard Stengel stirred controversy Thursday by questioning America’s alliance with Israel over Iran, calling Iran “essentially the most Western nation” within the Center East.

Showing on MSNBC, Stengel downplayed Tehran’s anti-American rhetoric, noting, “They chant ‘loss of life to America,'” however additionally they “love American films.”

He went additional: “Why is it a foundational challenge for Trump that Iran doesn’t have a nuclear weapon? Why are we allied with Israel?” requested Stengel, who as soon as served as undersecretary of state for public diplomacy below President Obama.

However discarding the “loss of life to America” chants? Actually? Stengel recalled a 2014 journey to Iran.

“I used to be sitting … at a rally,” he mentioned. “These younger guys had been chanting ‘loss of life to America.’ … They completed the chants. And two younger males came to visit and mentioned, ‘Are you American?’ I mentioned sure, [and they said,] ‘We need to welcome you to our nation. We love American tradition. We love American films.'”

“Iran is essentially the most Western nation in the entire Center East,” Stengel went on. “We've got far more in widespread with them than numerous international locations that we do have alliances with.”

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In the meantime, in Iran, gay exercise is a felony offense punishable by loss of life, and girls are legally required to put on head coverings in public. However Stengel’s take wasn’t the one weird take of the week. The View‘s Whoopi Goldberg additionally raied eyebrows saying life in Iran is just like life as a Black American within the U.S.

“Let’s keep in mind the Iranians throw homosexual folks off buildings. They don’t have fundamental human rights,” Alyssa Farah Griffin mentioned, as she and co-host Sara Haines argued they weren’t going to “defend a terrorist nation,” Iran.

“Let’s not do this, as a result of if we begin with that, now we have been identified on this nation to tie homosexual people to the automobile. Hear, I’m sorry, they used to only preserve hanging Black folks,” Goldberg insisted as Griffin pushed again.

Griffin mentioned, “Within the yr 2025 in america, is nothing like if I step foot carrying this outfit into Iran proper now.”

“It's the similar,” Goldberg mentioned. “Murdering somebody for his or her distinction isn't good whoever does it.”

Griffin reiterated her level and repeated that residing within the U.S. in 2025 was “very completely different” than residing in Iran.

“Not in case you’re Black,” Goldberg insisted and Hostin added, “not for everyone.”

“No one needs to decrease the very actual issues now we have on this nation. That’s nobody’s intention, however I feel it’s essential to do not forget that there are locations a lot darker than this nation, and individuals who deserve rights,” Griffin mentioned.

Goldberg pushed again once more and mentioned, “Not all people feels that approach,” earlier than stating Black folks successfully weren’t allowed to vote till 1965.

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Holy shit, Whoopi Goldberg mentioned it’s not completely different to reside within the US and Iran in 2025. How will you be this clueless? Her co-host, who has Iranian heritage, is attempting to level out that girls can’t even costume like she is on the present. Will get shouted down: pic.twitter.com/I9keSMQfNb