Posted on 04/22/2007 5:06:27 AM PDT by nuconvert
Thanks for the link. For most people it’s a revealing look at life in Iran and that’s a good thing, but I’m bothered by his ‘Iran is not a danger to us’ attitude and message.
“The more the Islamic Republic tells them to loathe the Shah or America, the more they yearn to have the Shah back, and to live in America. In this country, America is probably more popular, even now, than in any other country on the planet.”
That’s very true. The majority of the people do love Americans and may not be a danger to us, but the regime certainly is a danger to us, it’s own people and others throughout the world.
I had my questions about that too. I'm not sure I trust his analysis. And he is the conservative of the Hitchens brothers. I think I would probably trust Christopher Hitchens more on this.
(I was going to use 'stoneage' but didn't want to suggest a pun)
Women don’t have to hide their faces in Iran.
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