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Politics : Politics for Pros- moderated
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To: LindyBill who wrote (163841)4/18/2006 3:28:34 PM
From: D. Long   of 793835
 

But all that was true in far greater degree and scope with USSR and yet we cut SALT. Connectivity--via the "hard dollar" in trade--kills their socialist economy and authoritarian state within 16 years--and they cursed us all the way to their collapse

I think Barnett is great, but I think he's wrong on Iran. We don't have 16 years. It took a decade to kill the last vestiges of authoritarianism in Ukraine and Georgia, two essentially Western, non-culturally hostile societies.

The mullahs can recognize a Trojan horse as well as anyone else.

I don't buy Barnett's Grand Compromise with Iran. We have nothing to bargain with. The mullahs believe they will dominate the region and have nuclear weapons, with or without us. They don't need our permission, and they don't think we can stop them. And I think any talk of recognizing Israel would be empty as their underrobes.

Derek
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