--- In [email protected], Bhairitu <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > sparaig wrote: > > >--- In [email protected], MDixon6569@ wrote: > > > > > >> > >>In a message dated 7/20/06 9:52:29 P.M. Central Daylight Time, > >>noozguru@ writes: > >> > >> > >> > >>>>And how many of these group flying excursions back in the late 1970's > >>>>resulted in the wrong effect? Iran, for instance, wound up with a > >>>>theocracy after MMY sent fliers there. > >>>> > >>>> > >>>> > >>>> > >>>> > >>>Is that a bad thing? > >>> > >>> > >>> > >>Yes. > >> > >> > >> > >>And many young Iranians think that also. A theocracy based on the > >>submission > >>to God, especially the way that is interpreted by the masses, can be a > >>very > >>dangerous government for those that don't share it's opinions. > >> > >> > >> > > > >Many young Iranians don't remember the Shah. There's a reason why the > >Ayatolla > >Khomeini, a nobody from London, could take over the country: the > >then-current ruler had > >gotten EVERYONE pissed off, all with US support. That the new government > >wasn't any > >better (worse?) than the old one isn't the point: "At least he's OUR > >asshole" as the saying > >goes. > > > From what I recall the young Iranians were students at that time who > either wanted Democracy or Socialism. They did not want a theocracy nor > a dictatorship. I saw a pretty good Iranian expatriate film on the > subject a couple years ago. BTW, we have many expatriate Iranians here > in the Bay Area. They tell me because the climate and geography is like > Iran. >
The young students who kidnapped teh embassy folk were quite in favor of Khomeini, IIRC. The ones who fled the country when he took over probably weren't... ------------------------ Yahoo! Groups Sponsor --------------------~--> Great things are happening at Yahoo! Groups. See the new email design. http://us.click.yahoo.com/TISQkA/hOaOAA/yQLSAA/UlWolB/TM --------------------------------------------------------------------~-> To subscribe, send a message to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Or go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/FairfieldLife/ and click 'Join This Group!' Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/FairfieldLife/ <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
