-- James A. Donald wrote: > > How could the US have given him support, short of violent > > means, such as bombing Tehran, which he was reluctant to > > accept?
Will Morton > Money. Push it through your favourite UN department. > Schools and hospitals == goodwill. But Khatami was knackered shortly after being elected, so any aid would be aiding the terrorists. We saw how well that worked in Fallujah and Sadr city. > > You have this back to front. Khatami was marginalized by > > the mullahs, and BECAUSE he was marginalized, because > > democracy in Iran was suppressed, the US government THEN > > included Iran in the axis of evil. > June 2001: Khatami re-elected A few months or weeks thereafter, Khatami knackered. > January 2002: Bush's 'Axis of Evil' speech February 2004: > Rigged parliamentary elections lead to conservative > majority --digsig James A. Donald 6YeGpsZR+nOTh/cGwvITnSR3TdzclVpR0+pr3YYQdkG awTWa50VppXAeloD/WWVz2J1joqO+pSreygahZBW 4jOiLYK/ThEv65/df4FnAeG1XfpolTTv2+g9uXCPU