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To: Gemflint
Geez. Why can't I have a country to run as a despot? These guys are so bad, it must be really easy. Seems like just any raving lunatic can rise to the top in the Mid East....
3 posted on 07/21/2002 6:19:44 AM PDT by sam_paine
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To: sam_paine
Seems like just any raving lunatic can rise to the top in the Mid East....

In this case, not exactly. It took a lot of combined effort, over many years, from the militant mullahs and the Left together to depose Reza Shah, pressing him so hard that his crackdowns turned what had been a rather open regime into repression, secret police (Savak) and all. Followed by the power play which Khomeini's mullahs won, to the Left's surprise.

But as has been noted many times, the majority of the country has no memory of the Shah, only of the mullahcracy and they're chafing under that. I see these rants and raves as a sign that the mullahs' power is slipping away, they know it, and they are helpless to prevent it.

13 posted on 07/21/2002 6:38:09 AM PDT by Eala
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To: sam_paine
Geez. Why can't I have a country to run as a despot? These guys are so bad, it must be really easy. Seems like just any raving lunatic can rise to the top in the Mid East....

Maybe you can sue your high school career counselor for not bringing that career to your attention.You're probably too good for that kind of work-at least I hope so.
Seems like "cream" isn't the only thing that floats to the top , like I was taught in Sunday School.

17 posted on 07/21/2002 6:43:35 AM PDT by Captain Shady
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To: sam_paine
I say BRING IT, YOU MUSLIM SCUMBAG! I'm waiting in IOWA. The heat index today is 105. If you have the courage to come here, I'll escort you to a much hotter place.
26 posted on 07/21/2002 7:12:38 AM PDT by iowaboy
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To: sam_paine
Seems like the only criteria for "rising to the top" in a typical Middle Eastern country is mental illness...

And isn't it the Liberals who demand that all American public school children be indoctrinated with the absurd notion that "All civilizations are equal"? DUH.

44 posted on 07/21/2002 7:55:28 AM PDT by F16Fighter
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