sparaig wrote: >--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > > >> >>In a message dated 7/20/06 9:52:29 P.M. Central Daylight Time, >>[EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: >> >> >> >>>>And how many of these group flying excursions back in the late 1970's >>>>resulted in the wrong effect? Iran, for instance, wound up with a >>>>theocracy after MMY sent fliers there. >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>Is that a bad thing? >>> >>> >>> >>Yes. >> >> >> >>And many young Iranians think that also. A theocracy based on the submission >>to God, especially the way that is interpreted by the masses, can be a very >>dangerous government for those that don't share it's opinions. >> >> >> > >Many young Iranians don't remember the Shah. There's a reason why the Ayatolla >Khomeini, a nobody from London, could take over the country: the then-current >ruler had >gotten EVERYONE pissed off, all with US support. That the new government >wasn't any >better (worse?) than the old one isn't the point: "At least he's OUR asshole" >as the saying >goes. > From what I recall the young Iranians were students at that time who either wanted Democracy or Socialism. They did not want a theocracy nor a dictatorship. I saw a pretty good Iranian expatriate film on the subject a couple years ago. BTW, we have many expatriate Iranians here in the Bay Area. They tell me because the climate and geography is like Iran.
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