On 8/24/06, Jim Devine <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
[this article makes sense as a description of the Iranian government,
from what I've read.]
August 24, 2006/New York TIMES.
Op-Ed Contributor
Sweating Out the Truth in Iran
By MAZIAR BAHARI
<snip>
Most young Iranians I know don't care for their fathers'
ideals. They prefer the better things in life, like plasma TV's on
which to watch Britney Spears and the exiled Iranian pop diva Googoosh
on illegal satellite channels.
I'm afraid Mr. Maziar Bahari's acquaintances are mainly rich. _I_
don't have a plasma TV and satellite channels, and I grew up in Japan
and live in the USA! I doubt that very many Iranians can afford such
things.
(No, Mr. Cheney, they don't want the
United States to invade their country.)
That is probably correct (I hope). But few of those rich Iranians can
be counted on to fight the invaders to death if Washington does invade
Iran. It's the working class who have to defend their country.
The Islamic Republic is coming to the point where
it has to choose: destroy itself by repeating the same old slogans, or
come up with new definitions for itself, its friends and foes.
It's a little too late. The line has been already drawn, and
Washington is not gonna change its mind.
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Yoshie
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