On 12/11/06, Jim Devine <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
Yoshie:
> Well, the point of the article is that they aren't. If they were,
> there would be no point in speaking of the differences among Khatami's
> camp, [etc.] in
> which Ahmadinejad occupies the middle ground. Such differences
> matter. On economics and foreign policy, differences are larger than
> on culture...
that was my point. They're unified in their misogynistic
interpretation of Islam, for example.
Are they all misogynistic? What makes Khatami, for instance,
misogynistic, in your opinion?
> In West Asia in general, divisions in the Iranian power elite are
> probably larger and more complex than those in any other country
> except Lebanon and Palestine, ...
my comparison was only with the US.
Generally speaking, the richer the country, the more united their
power elite are. That's one of the reasons why poorer countries see
more coups, revolts, and revolutions.
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Yoshie
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