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To: clee1
And there's the assumption the Shiites look to Iran for inspiration. The horror stories about clerical rule assume that's a given. I didn't see al Zarqawi doing that well and his proposal is more extreme than even the Iranian mullahs - no bastardized democracy for him.

Denny Crane: "There are two places to find the truth. First God and then Fox News."

5 posted on 02/04/2005 2:51:54 AM PST by goldstategop (In Memory Of A Dearly Beloved Friend Who Lives On In My Heart Forever)
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To: goldstategop

Well, that is a whole different kettle of halal fish.

Regardless of their religeous theology connections, Iranians are Persians and Iraqis are Arabs; their antipathy towards each other predates Islam by a good thousand years.


7 posted on 02/04/2005 3:45:43 AM PST by clee1 (Islam is a deadly plague; liberalism is the AIDS virus that prevents us from defending ourselves.)
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