Soulmates With Tehran

Today’s Boston Globe carries an AP story about the reaction of the Iranian government to North Korea’s nuclear test:

Iran also stood apart yesterday from the widespread international condemnation of North Korea.

Government spokesman Gholam Hossein Elham told reporters that Iran opposed “any use of weapons of mass destruction, especially nuclear weapons.” But he did not criticize North Korea and instead faulted the United States for the test.

“The root cause of this should be sought in the policy, behavior and method adopted by the rulers of the United States,” Elham said.

This is exactly the stand taken yesterday by the Globe editorial page. Strange bedfellows? Not really. Both share as a core value deep animosity to George W. Bush.