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Politics : Foreign Affairs Discussion Group
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To: Sarmad Y. Hermiz who wrote (135076)5/31/2004 2:14:42 PM
From: Ilaine  Read Replies (1) of 281500
 
From my perspective, Iran under the Shah was a much better place than Iran under the Ayatollahs. Afghanistan under the Taliban is also not what I would call a good place.

Yes, it's true that Bin Laden wants us out of Saudi Arabia and Egypt, etc. I don't want to make Bin Laden happy. That's not one of my goals in life.

You may think it would be a good idea to let the Ayatollahs and the Talibans take over the Middle East, but I don't.

You can call it "propping up", but the alternative is not democracy, it's totalitarianism. Muslim theocracies are not superior to the status quo.

I knew a lot of Iranian students in the US who were anti-Shah. They moved here because they were persecuted in Iran. They're still here, for the most part, life in Iran isn't any better under the Ayatollahs. Some went back and were executed by the Islamic revolutionaries. Ironic, no?
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