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To: Bill who wrote (600468)	2/11/2011 2:46:31 PM
From: Tenchusatsu	Respond to of 1576346

Bill, > The danger of course with freedom movements is the chance that the freed people will be hostile to us. I'm not sure Bush gave much consideration to that possibility. I'm pretty sure people under autocratic regimes are hostile to us. And that's by design. Might be better to take a chance with freedom. Just gotta figure out who pays the price of said freedom. Tenchusatsu

To: Bill who wrote (600468)	2/11/2011 2:58:16 PM
From: i-node	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 1576346

>> I'm not sure Bush gave much consideration to that possibility during his ME freedom quest. I don't think he did. I believe his position was basically a moral one: That people should have a right of self-determination. Which means that the U.S. cannot insist on a particular outcome, that we only can grease the skids toward giving them the opportunity. His position was that given a choice, people will choose freedom over tyranny. I don't discount the influence of the social media in this: I just don't think it could be happening without a way for people to communicate effectively. I would be surprised if we don't see another attempt at an uprising in Iran. Perhaps this time Obama will be more supportive.