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To: Ladysmith

—This is a whole different generation who are staying united through Twitter and Youbtube, for Pete’s sake! You’re comparing apples to oranges.—

A small, educated cadre of college students. The young people out in the hustings are just as backwards and superstititous as their elders. Iran is bascially the Congo with oil and without jungle. Notice how the only significant protests are in urbanized Tehran. The backcountry goatlovers are bascially happy with Achma-whatsizname and his towelheaded backers.


227 posted on 06/21/2009 4:29:15 PM PDT by seatrout (Trying to democratize a Muslim Middle Eastern nation is like teaching a cat to bark!)
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To: seatrout
A small, educated cadre of college students.

Hardly. You don't get the numbers in these protests simply from universities. From some of the videos I've seen, there are three generations of people out there, right down to gray-haired old women. People across the city are chanting from the rooftops at night.

And I'd bet my last dollar that any support the "backcountry" folks have for IaNutJob is the same kind of support Iraqi citizens had for Hussein: support him or suffer.

255 posted on 06/21/2009 4:43:48 PM PDT by Ladysmith (The trouble with socialism is that you eventually run out of other people's money - M. Thatcher)
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To: seatrout
"Notice how the only significant protests are in urbanized Tehran. "

You have not been paying attention. FR.com has had articles over the years in the past concerning scattered actions against the regime in areas other than Tehran.

Do a FReeper search. Some of the images, threads, and posts may still be available.

272 posted on 06/21/2009 8:16:53 PM PDT by Radix (This Tag Line no verb.)
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To: seatrout
Notice how the only significant protests are in urbanized Tehran.

Ridiculous. Your ignorance is quite extravagant.

274 posted on 06/21/2009 8:18:51 PM PDT by Petronski (In Germany they came first for the Communists, And I didn't speak up because I wasn't a Communist...)
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