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To: Individual Rights in NJ

Considering what happened the last time the Iranian's took matters into their own hands, I think I'd prefer not to have the youth population run wild with no direction.

I think the student population now is generally more moderate, although there are some really crazy exceptions, but they haven't had any sort of true leader or experience in bringing about a true democratic revolution. Yeah, overthrowing the regime sounds cool and all, but if done wrong we could be in an even worse place than we are now.

Anywho. I have a few friends who work internationally on this sort of stuff and when they get busy it's never a good sign. They're really busy right now. This could get bad fast if we aren't very careful.


17 posted on 01/23/2006 1:23:22 PM PST by GovGirl (Newsweek lied, people died...can we make that into a t-shirt?)
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To: GovGirl
overthrowing the regime sounds cool and all, but if done wrong we could be in an even worse place than we are now.

My feeling, too. BTW, I am the first to acknowledge that I am speaking from a position of total ignorance. I only know what I read in the US and European press.

However, I think the rather sunny idea that we will somehow, in the course of the next two weeks, be able to encourage a "resistance" to arise and overthrow the mullahcracy is a pretty futile hope. Many of the student dissidents of last year, btw, wanted a MORE Islamic and Sharia dominated state rather than a more liberal one.

Again, I have no insider information, but I don't think the "revolution" exists at this point nor do I think we have the time or ability to develop it.

20 posted on 01/23/2006 1:35:01 PM PST by livius
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