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To: stuffbug who wrote (152347)	1/6/2020 12:22:02 AM
From: Cogito Ergo Sum	Respond to of 217588

Pallet of cash... did you see Breaking Bad ? Honestly stuff.. the mid east and all the chit caused by the west since the Brit empire are a large part of this problem we live with today... FCUK Lloyd George :) Mr. Obama did in Libya no different than what Mr. Bush did in Iraq... just smaller scale.. both countries left in turmoil and disaster..

To: stuffbug who wrote (152347)	1/6/2020 12:35:37 AM
From: Cogito Ergo Sum	Respond to of 217588

Those that ignore history are doomed to repeat its failures Background 1906-1977Shi'a clergy (or Ulema,) have had a significant influence in Iran. The clergy first showed themselves to be a powerful political force in opposition to Iran's monarch with the 1891 Tobacco Protest boycott that effectively destroyed an unpopular concession granted by the shah giving a British company a monopoly over buying and selling Tobacco in Iran. To some the incident demonstrated that the Shia ulama were "Iran's first line of defense" against colonialism. [3] Reza Shah Main article: Reza Shah The dynasty that the revolution overthrew – the Pahlavi dynasty – was known for its autocracy, its focus on modernization and Westernization and for its disregard for religious [4] and democratic measures in Iran's constitution. The founder of the dynasty, army general Reza Pahlavi, replaced Islamic laws with western ones, and forbade traditional Islamic clothing, separation of the sexes and veiling of women ( hijab). [5] *Women who resisted his ban on public hijab had their chadors forcibly removed and torn. In 1935 a rebellion by pious Shi'a at the shrine of Imam Reza in Mashhad was crushed on his orders with dozens killed and hundreds injured, [6] rupturing relations between the Shah and pious Shia in Iran. [7] [8] en.wikipedia.org The Tobacco chit was a like the Brit/Chinese Opium wars light*... Second part is interesting considering the Religious Right in the US supports Mr. Trump.. My bolding in paragraph two is not exactly in accordance with Life Liberty etc and certainly not OK with Libertarian thought (I am a fan of that being essentially socially lib and fiscally con) Those who cannot learn from history are doomed to repeat it. ~ Santayana