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awoke_in_2003

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40. sounds like every government ever

Reply to sendero (Reply #10)

Mon Mar 9, 2015, 12:16 AM

Mar 2015

people are basically the same, with the same desires.

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What Iran Is Really Like - Without the Demonization [View all] eridani Mar 2015 OP

K&R! marym625 Mar 2015 #1

No! NO! We need a demon under the bed to fund the war machine! Atman Mar 2015 #2

I have an idea... How about we demonize Israel for a change? erronis Mar 2015 #14

Even if Iran gets the bomb, lancer78 Mar 2015 #19

... Erich Bloodaxe BSN Mar 2015 #3

K&R elias49 Mar 2015 #4

Oh dear, how can this be true? mountain grammy Mar 2015 #5

+1 Enthusiast Mar 2015 #7

Kick and R. Great post. BeanMusical Mar 2015 #6

Without demonization? What are you talking about. Demonization is what America does best. And War. Fred Sanders Mar 2015 #8

I believe it was about onethatcares Mar 2015 #9

I had a good Iranian... sendero Mar 2015 #10

sounds like every government ever awoke_in_2003 Mar 2015 #40

A few years ago, Rick Steves WEnt to Iran i and filed his travel there: Raine1967 Mar 2015 #11

great video thanks nt steve2470 Mar 2015 #36

You are more than happily welcome! This afternoon, I watched a speech he gave about his visit: Raine1967 Mar 2015 #38

I watched that when it was on... would love to visit. (n/t) SMC22307 Mar 2015 #37

The long history of Israel gaming the 'Iranian threat' Jefferson23 Mar 2015 #12

the eternal bogeyman, another enemy isreal is happy enough to let the US fight. KG Mar 2015 #13

What never gets reported here in the "Land of the Free" is that Persia (Iran) was a Democracy Dustlawyer Mar 2015 #15

^^^This^^^ libdem4life Mar 2015 #23

Mosaddegh wasn't executed. He died in 1967, about 14 years after he was deposed. ND-Dem Mar 2015 #32

I stand corrected then. I was going from memory Dustlawyer Mar 2015 #39

Thank you for your first hand info. I remember to propaganda that we were fed during the Cold War jwirr Mar 2015 #16

The holy warriors come from the conservative "red states", not from the alfredo Mar 2015 #17

Are they still killing an imprisioning gays? nt B2G Mar 2015 #18

Absolutely iandhr Mar 2015 #21

Their looney politicians have more power still than our looney politicians. Erich Bloodaxe BSN Mar 2015 #28

Secularists have far more clout here eridani Mar 2015 #41

Is America still oppressing black people? Comrade Grumpy Mar 2015 #29

Yes. Does this justify demonization of Iranians? n/t Scootaloo Mar 2015 #42

Yes Iran is a wonderful place iandhr Mar 2015 #20

I can't believe this thread has 55 recs. nt B2G Mar 2015 #22

I can iandhr Mar 2015 #27

So, ergo, we bomb them, right? libdem4life Mar 2015 #24

No I think that's a bad idea iandhr Mar 2015 #26

Well, remember just like George Bush did not speak for all of us, the same goes for the libdem4life Mar 2015 #30

Can we say any nice things about a country where being black can get you killed? Comrade Grumpy Mar 2015 #31

I think the OP is just saying they aren't all crazed nuke-loving suicide bombers. arcane1 Mar 2015 #34

I have some photographer online friends in Iran Blue_In_AK Mar 2015 #25

. NobodyHere Mar 2015 #33

Iran has 4yrs as part of their edu system and marriage gets you a one time 50K home voucher! TheNutcracker Mar 2015 #35

Lovely post malaise Mar 2015 #43