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Originally posted by ShadowXIX
Not all arabs want to live in a theocracy. Look at the youth in Iran they are making perhaps the biggest push for democracy of any country in the Middle East. Students in Iran continue their protests against the Islamic government.
Every year more than 150,000 educated Iranians leave their home country in the hope of finding a better life abroad. And the the vast majority move to democratic countries.
The well educated youth of Iran are either protesting the goverment or leaving it.
Originally posted by edsinger
Originally posted by Polar Bear
The question here should be, why has our Bush Dynasty continually backed the Whahabi and Sunni factions over the Shi'a.?
Polar Bear
I will take a stab...
Becuase the #e were the first to let fundementalism take root and power in a nation state....when Iran fell in 79, the US was all fired to see them fail. The enemy of the #e is the Sunni.....Hell most of the arabs were against the Iranians.....
Originally posted by Polar Bear
The question here should be, why has our Bush Dynasty continually backed the Whahabi and Sunni factions over the Shi'a.?
Polar Bear
Originally posted by ShadowXIX
This was the fault of Schwarzkopf and Bush Sr. Can we really hold G W Bush accountable for the sins of his father? I cant blame the people of Iraq though for not trusting the US over that it was wrong anyway you look at it.
[edit on 25-11-2004 by ShadowXIX]