Re: What the Empire Learned from the Lesson of Iran

[Louis Proyect <lnp3@xxxxxxxxx>]

> This seems to be an unwelcome resuscitation of the debate that I thought
> had been put
> to sleep.  There seems to be two binaries.  (1) Should we prefer
> billionaire mullahs
> or more ascetic and perhaps more religiously oppressive leadership for a
> country
> about which we know little?
> (2) Since we approve of Venezuela, shouldn't we also approve of Iran?
> I'm probably missing something but with the flurry of posts, it's hard to
> keep up.
>
>
>
> --
> Michael Perelman

Nothing would make me happier than to see you put the kibosh on this
thread. I would never post about Iran if it weren't for Yoshie's diurnal
interventions. I feel rather like Bill Murray in "Groundhog Day". I would
love to wake up one morning and not see one of Yoshie's PR releases for the
Islamic Republic of Iran.