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To: michael97123 who wrote (189728)	6/19/2006 7:35:10 PM
From: Nadine Carroll	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 281500

Then where is the revolution? I dont buy that the iranian people are that unhappy. Unhappiness can go on for a long time. Are the Arab masses happy with their rulers? Were the Poles happy under Communism? Were there revolutions all the time? No, these things come on the their own time, and when they finally arrive it can happen fast and surprise everybody. In the spring of 1789, both John Adams and Thomas Jefferson were in France and reported it quite peaceful. If we could survive mass murderer stalin, Krushchev/cuban missile crisis and then coexist with that bastard breznev and his successors, we should be able to attempt that with iran Even the Russians didn't talk longingly about nuking other countries. Ahmedinijad may or may not be a nutter; you really want his finger on the button? Remember, that MAD and the Cold War Standoff were not exactly a US choice; it was that or outright war.