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Politics : PRESIDENT GEORGE W. BUSH

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To: Kevin Rose who wrote (730305)	3/8/2006 8:36:41 PM
From: Machaon	Read Replies (1) of 769670

Kevin Rose, you said:"Our neighbors down the street are from Iran, and their feeling is that most Iranians are very pro-West after years of repression." Iran is a different situation than most in the Middle East. The Shah of Iran modernized Iran, and gave more freedoms to everyone, and gave Muslim women in Iran more rights than they had ever had before, in any Muslim country. Under the Shah, people were more enlightened and Iran became a strong ally of America and a more civilized nation than most others in the Middle East. Once the wheels of freedom and individual rights start turning, it's hard to stop them completely. You also said: "Although it does take time, I think a better strategy is to flood a repressive state with pro-Western ideas." I also like your strategy. But, I wonder if it will work before Iran is able to develop a deliverable nuclear weapons system, or before Iran's well funded terrorist groups are able to kill large groups of people around the world.

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