PHOTOS FROM INSIDE IRAN
"Lord Gow333, Conservative Fullback!" > wrote
> >> > > > > >> Forgetting the polital motives of this post, I must say that I
> >> > > > > >> was quite
> >> > > > > >> surprised at those images, isn't it funny how you get an
> >> > > > > >> impression in
> >> > > > > >> your
> >> > > > > >> mind of what a place is like after watching years of TV. That
> >> > > > > >> was nothing
> >> >
> >> > > > > >> like how I thought Iran would look, especially the snow.
> >> >
> >> > > > > > If you have DTV, try watching "Bridge to Iran" on Link.
> >> > > > > > It's the crazy leaders that need to go.
> >> > > > > Correct. But that problem certainly is not limited to Iran.
> >> > > > > Allen
> >> >
> >> > > > In Teheran, there were candlelight vigils after 9-11[1].
> >> > > > The Iranian populace is largely pro-Western and secular,
> >> > > > the extremist Islamic revolution (largely due to the
> >> > > > Shah's corruption) notwithstanding.
> >> >
> >> > > > Our foreign policy regarding Iran is counterproductive.
> >> > > > You want a foothold for democracy in the Middle East?
> >> > > > Try diplomacy with a potentially friendly country, not
> >> > > > war in a hornet nest.
> >> >
> >> > > > Idots.
> >> >
> >> > > > 1. Even though we shot down a civilian Airbus flight
> >> > > > and tried to cover it up[2].
> >> >
> >> > > > 2. Somebody invade Washington, D.C.
> >> >
> >> > > > --Tedward
> >> >
> >> > > I think it's pretty clear America is a rogue nation. All you have to
> >> > > do is listen to their leader. To say that most of the American
> >> > > populace
> >> > > is not conservative pro-lifers is simply wishful thinking. If that
> >> > > were
> >> > > the case, they would not have elected that lunatic as their
> >> > > president.
> >> >
> >> > IFYPFY.
> >> >
> >> > I mean, it's simply impossible the conservative got elected because
> >> > the liberal was *too* liberal.
> >> >
> >> > --Tedward- Hide quoted text -
> >> >
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> >>
> >> Umm, you don't mean to say that Iranian politics is like American
> >> politics where somebody votes for somebody else because of taxes or
> >> school busing, do you? We are talking about institutionalized
> >> religious hate that is bound and determined to wipe out another
> >> religion by force. That is hardly a "liberal vs. conservative"
> >> political argument.
> >
> > Again, that has nothing to do with my original assertion, that
> > Iran would be better country to get a foothold in democracy than
> > Iraq. Hell, they're half way there.
>
> So on the flip side wouldn't that mean that Iraq was a bigger threat that
> had to be dealt with first?
China's a bigger threat. Oh, wait, never mind.
--Tedward
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> We sent the oppressed to the polls and the oppressors to the holes. - Rusty
> Humphries
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