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. 

Biden is going to put out condolences for the Iranian mass murderers, isn’t he?

— Bonchie (@bonchieredstate) May 20, 2024

Well, so much for my comedic chops. 

Holy crap. They did it. They actually did it. https://t.co/Ojz1XsgAR2 pic.twitter.com/fHh1FvXXKo

— Bonchie (@bonchieredstate) May 20, 2024

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. 

Condolences? Why is the U.S. sending condolences for Raisi’s death?

Raisi ordered protesters be killed. He oversaw the systematic rape of women - and demanded gay men be hanged and thrown off buildings. pic.twitter.com/3Zq5bqjzmO

— Richard Grenell (@RichardGrenell) May 20, 2024

My government is sending condolences on the death of a guy who tortured Iranians who disagreed with him, including pregnant women. I am horrified.

I offer my apologies on behalf of my idiotic government to good Iranian people. I’m sorry. We hope this stops in November. pic.twitter.com/KoDARPg7j7

— Marina Medvin 🇺🇸 (@MarinaMedvin) May 20, 2024

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.