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To: TobagoJack who wrote (19009)	5/30/2007 7:18:04 PM
From: longnshort	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 217734

revolution ?? I saw the chinese commie gov bring in tanks and kill their people during their last attempt at revolution, are you for the PEOPLE or for tyranical gov?

To: TobagoJack who wrote (19009)	5/31/2007 2:08:02 AM
From: elmatador	Respond to of 217734

How to win friends: * Iran's economy is certainly vulnerable. It just started rationing gasoline - and relies on imports for 40 percent of its needs. We might look at getting key suppliers, like the United Arab Emirates and India, to cut back. * Another option is to target the government's economic mismanagement: Buy up and flood the international market with Iranian rials, devaluing the currency and sending already high inflation and unemployment further skyward. * The nuclear program could be slowed by devising ways to sell defective - or destructive - parts to the Iranian front companies buying supplies off the black market. * The regime's fundamentalist legitimacy is also vulnerable. Why not use the foreign media to expose corruption (moral or financial) among the ruling elite? Officials who've socked away billions in foreign banks deserve to pay some price . . . . * Hard-hitting, clandestine "surrogate" broadcasts could be beamed into Iran 24/7, highlighting human-rights abuses, corruption, civil strife and the unnecessary political and economic hardships of the Iranian people. * Iran is only slightly more than half Persian. Could ethnic minorities like the Azeris (24 percent) and Kurds (7 percent), already unhappy with their second-class status, be empowered to do something about it? A bolder, riskier approach would be to start aiding armed anti-government elements to operate in Iran. Unfortunately, it's a double-edged sword: You'd put significant pressure on the regime, but an ugly backlash might await perceived sympathizers - complicit or not. Sure, a heavy-handed crackdown could increase internal support for regime change. That's a good thing. But if U.S. interference is exposed, the "blowback" could easily be another anti-American regime. Plus, in the end, none of the currently organized, armed anti-regime groups are ones you'd want to see running Iran. A covert program is unlikely to bring the Iranian regime to its knees. But it could throw Tehran off balance just enough to distract it from nukes and foreign adventurism - making such an operation well worth the good ole Company - er, college - try SOURCE:Messing Up The Mullahs: Dubya's Covert Action Plan familysecuritymatters.org