If I were to proclaim in a headline, "US behind poison-gas attacks on Iraqis" because the US provided Saddam Hussein with the WMDs he needed to gas his own people, I'd wager readers would be outraged at me on the grounds that guns don't kill people.
Well, the BBC has a headline which says:
Iran 'behind attacks on British'
Delving into the article it seems the Iranian Republican Guard has made weapons available to some people inside Iraq and those weapons were further used against British troops.
Should I be outraged at Iran or the BBC?
If I should be outraged by Iran's actions then mustn't I be outraged at America's coddling of Saddam when they found him convenient?
If I should be outraged by the BBC then I guess that lets Iran off the hook.
Principled outrage is such a difficult thing to maintain.
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