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To: Joe NYC who wrote (384536)5/16/2008 6:41:26 PM
From: combjelly  Respond to of 1576588
 
"There is one immovable obstacle to this:"

I know. They need to get over it.

"can always suppress the discent, if they choose to be sufficiently ruthless."

True. But the mullahs in Iran have their hands full now. Holding the lid on a rebellious Shiastan(or Shiraq) is not going to be easy.

There is little danger that Shiastan is going to be a democracy anytime soon. So there isn't any real percentage for Iran to try to keep them under their thumb.


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