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Those Friendly Iranians
The NY Times ^
| May 5, 2004
| NICHOLAS D. KRISTOF
Posted on 05/05/2004 4:44:06 AM PDT by F14 Pilot
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Freedom For Iranians, Safety for World, Peace in the Middle East!
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posted on
05/05/2004 4:44:06 AM PDT
by
F14 Pilot
To: DoctorZIn; McGavin999; freedom44; nuconvert; Eala; AdmSmith; dixiechick2000; onyx; Pro-Bush; ...
PING!
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posted on
05/05/2004 4:46:02 AM PDT
by
F14 Pilot
(Don't give in without a FIGHT)
To: F14 Pilot
LOL!!
Great article!
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posted on
05/05/2004 4:49:58 AM PDT
by
nuconvert
("America will never be intimidated by thugs and assassins." ...( Azadi baraye Iran)
To: F14 Pilot
"So I finally encountered hostility.... — from a table full of young Europeans."My daily fantasy.
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posted on
05/05/2004 4:55:04 AM PDT
by
Leisler
(Everything is forbidden except when expressly permitted.)
To: F14 Pilot
At the bookshops, Hillary Clinton gazes out from three different pirated editions of her autobiography. `It's a best seller, though it's not selling as well as Harry Potter," said Heidar Danesh, a bookseller in Tehran.
I thought they liked us....
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posted on
05/05/2004 4:58:17 AM PDT
by
Kozak
(Anti Shahada: " There is no God named Allah, and Muhammed is his False Prophet")
To: F14 Pilot
"We've learned to interpret just the opposite of things on TV because it's all lies," said Odan Seyyid Ashrafi, a 20-year-old university student. "So if it says America is awful, maybe that means it's a great place to live." Mr. Ashrafi would have no trouble deciphering the ravings of Tom Rather, Dan Jennings, and Peter Brokaw ...
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posted on
05/05/2004 5:00:16 AM PDT
by
ArrogantBustard
(Western Civilisation is aborting, buggering, and contracepting itself out of existence.)
To: Kozak
I think, they like Americans in general. They don't know much about the differences between DemocRATs and Republicans!
Perhaps, we have to let them know!~~~LoL!
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posted on
05/05/2004 5:02:57 AM PDT
by
F14 Pilot
(Don't give in without a FIGHT)
To: F14 Pilot
And this is from the New York Times?
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posted on
05/05/2004 5:24:26 AM PDT
by
Mo1
(Make Michael Moore cry.... DONATE MONTHLY!!!)
To: F14 Pilot
I love how the guy manages to get in a dig at the "hardliners" and "inept diplomacy" when referring to Bush and Co. Uh, dude, you just quoted people saying the war was going great and that they loved America--he mentioned Iran in the axis of evil once. Also, the people are savvy enough to know that he means the mullahs and not the average Iranian.
Gosh, an otherwise pleasant article and he has to try to spoil it with that.
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posted on
05/05/2004 5:48:52 AM PDT
by
Skywalk
To: Mo1
Yeah!
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posted on
05/05/2004 6:12:27 AM PDT
by
F14 Pilot
(Don't give in without a FIGHT)
To: F14 Pilot
Then I stopped to chat with one of the Revolutionary Guards now based in the complex. He was a young man who quickly confessed that his favorite movie is "Titanic." "If I could manage it, I'd go to America tomorrow," he said wistfully.
He paused and added, "To hell with the mullahs."
Oh Oh! Some rulers are in a whole lot of trouble.
If the Revolutionary Guards are turning against them, they're days are numbered.
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posted on
05/05/2004 6:13:28 AM PDT
by
Valin
(Hating people is like burning down your house to kill a rat)
To: F14 Pilot
Well I have to admit .. I am truly surprised
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posted on
05/05/2004 6:19:52 AM PDT
by
Mo1
(Make Michael Moore cry.... DONATE MONTHLY!!!)
To: F14 Pilot
Sure, they are friendly now. But wait until we get tough with the regime and actually take some action. I have a feeling that suddenly the locals won't be so friendly anymore. But I do know that there is a worldwide desire to get to the US. I once had a chat with a Buddhist monk, wearing the saffron robes and all that, in Bangkok and I asked him what he wanted to do with his life. His response was that his dream was to go to California and become a hotel clerk. ;)
I've had my own experiences with Eurotrash, btw, and that last vignette rings very true. They can be openly rude for no reason and then sort of sit back and smile to themselves, as if patting themselves on the back for taking on the horrible Americans.
To: All
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posted on
05/05/2004 7:25:30 AM PDT
by
F14 Pilot
(John ''Fedayeen" sKerry - the Mullahs' regime candidate)
To: F14 Pilot
So I finally encountered hostility in Iran — from a table full of young Europeans.ROTFLMCO
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posted on
05/05/2004 7:57:54 AM PDT
by
McGavin999
(If Kerry can't deal with the "Republican Attack Machine" how is he going to deal with Al Qaeda)
To: F14 Pilot
Sounds like Viet Nam. I met only courtesy and enthusiasm for America and Americans last summer, and I was not spending money.
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posted on
05/05/2004 8:32:12 AM PDT
by
ThanhPhero
(Ong lam hanh huong di La Vang)
To: F14 Pilot
Thanks for the ping!
To: F14 Pilot
Okay, what's going on here? This is the NY Times - where's the ulterior objective?
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posted on
05/05/2004 8:34:01 AM PDT
by
thoughtomator
(yesterday Kabul, today Baghdad, tomorrow Damascus)
To: F14 Pilot
Let Freedom Ring ~ Bump!
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posted on
05/05/2004 9:04:50 AM PDT
by
blackie
(Be Well~Be Armed~Be Safe~Molon Labe!)
To: F14 Pilot
Great post!
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posted on
05/05/2004 10:10:16 AM PDT
by
windchime
(Podesta about Bush: "He's got four years to try to undo all the stuff we've done." (TIME-1/22/01))
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