Iran crosses the line. In an earlier day, this would have inspired a Crusade.
Today, it inspires a shrug.
Dialouge between countries is always the most perferable path, because it focuses on understanding differences. When one side refuses to engage in that dialouge — separating between “us” and “them” — there is a moral obligation to resist and assert.
Iran is crossing this line, and if the ayatollah of Iran approves of this separation what should be the response of the West?
From the secular arm, we must focus on the end of the Iranian regime in very clear, explicit terms.
From the cultural arm, we must focus not just on the differences between Islam and West, but rather why Western values are better, more preferential, and why our values speak to the freedom of the individual over the power of the state.