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Subject:	*Re: Iran: For peace in the region? No! For a piece of* the region...**
Newsgroups:	lugnet.off-topic.debate
Date:	Mon, 7 Apr 2003 15:31:12 GMT
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In lugnet.off-topic.debate, Leonard Hoffman writes: > And on a last note.. did you know that Iran is one of the few working > democracies in the region? Um, not exactly a democracy. You may want to do a little more research. For starters, see this article, particularly the illustration of how power actually works: http://www.economist.com/displayStory.cfm?Story_id=1522038 The entire special report that this is a part of is quite good. > Saudi Arabia, Syria, Jordan, Afghanistan, Pakistan, > Egypt, Libya, Tunisia, Algeria, Morocco.. all are ruled by dictators. Yup. No argument there. Doesn't change the correctness of the assertion made about Iranian intentions, though, does it?

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		Re: Iran: For peace in the region? No! For a piece of the region...
(...) Hmm, is there a similar report that doesn't have a cost to view? Frank (24 years ago, 7-Apr-03, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)

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		Re: Iran: For peace in the region? No! For a piece of the region...
(...) oorr.. perhaps they don't want the US army so close to their border.. hmm? And what exactly is the USA doing in the area? removing a government hostile to us, and replacing it with one friendly. Iran is interesting in doing the same thing. How (...) (24 years ago, 7-Apr-03, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)

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