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Originally posted by Spanky
I have a friend that just got back from Iran, and she told me the same thing the editor of USA was saying lastnight on CSPAN when she was being invterviewed by the owner. Especially among the students, the elections in Iraq have had a huge mental impact on Iran. Everyone is talking about the fact that Iran had its first parliamentary elections in 1906 and now the backward Arabs in Iraq are ahead of them. Everyone complaining to eachother that Iran has fallen behind. IN addition, the students love it every time Bush talks "tough" to the Iranian government because they believe (probably wrongly) that every time the US acts tough the chances for them getting more freedom improves.
If the Iraqi elections are influencing Iran, they have to be having some impact in Lebanon.
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Though I have never been to Iran, I have several Persian friends who return to Iran every year or so. This sort of talk has been going on in Iran since Khomeni died.
Oh, and they are also convinced that backward Arabs couldn't have done anything as sophisticated as 9/11. They believe the Jews did it, although they're willing to concede that maybe the CIA did it to give W the excuse to invade Iraq.
