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Politics : Foreign Affairs Discussion Group
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To: bela_ghoulashi who wrote (11744)11/27/2001 4:42:53 PM
From: Bald Eagle  Read Replies (2) of 281500
 
RE:It's less about ideology than about being on the side were the gravy's being ladled

I would say it's even more basic than that, it's about survival. Reminds me of when I worked in Iran, not long before the Shah was ousted. When I asked a couple of locals who worked with us which side they were on during the riots that were going on, they said "Whichever side is winning.".
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