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Originally posted by utherpendragonthe cia,iran and operation ajax, 1953. look it up for yourself
thats not proof! prove they set up those regimes! I want links!
Originally posted by utherpendragonAnother one too lazy to look up google?
the west popping up nasty regimes? Prove this! Links,links,links!!!!
Originally posted by uzlessthanks,but i am quite aware of this info. It was a feeble attempt on my part to get FMF to get off of her lazy behind
Another one too lazy to look up google?
Sigh...only becauue i'm feeling generous...
1. China - 1945 to 1960s: Was Mao Tse-tung just paranoid?
2. Italy - 1947-1948: Free elections, Hollywood style
3. Greece - 1947 to early 1950s: From cradle of democracy to client state
4. The Philippines - 1940s and 1950s: America's oldest colony
5. Korea - 1 ...[text shortened]... Washington style
55. Haiti - 1986-1994: Who will rid me of this turbulent priest?
Originally posted by utherpendragonAh, well perhaps FMF will enjoy this video presentation of the interventions then....
thanks,but i am quite aware of this info. It was a feeble attempt on my part to get FMF to get off of her lazy behind
Originally posted by MelanerpesYes, that's true, but Musavi supports the theocracy almost as much as Mahmoud.
I agree - but if the people later elect NOT to have a "Muslim state", than they should have that as well without having to worry about the religious leaders calling on militias to attack anyone who disagrees.
In general, I believe that while separating religion from the state is important if democracy to work well, it's even more important if the relig ...[text shortened]... aders allow things to become stale, they can still use brute force to keep everyone in line.
Originally posted by FMFEgypt since forever
Saudi Arabia, Iraq till 1991, Iran in ths days of SAVAK and before, Egypt since forever, Jordan, Kuwait, other motley Gulf States. Nothing controversial about my comment. Always amuses me that those who fulminate about the shortcommings of "3rd grade history" have such a selective grasp of history themselves.
Originally posted by generalissimoTalk about pollution.
Do you seriously have to pollute this thread with your little girlfights?
get a room, send him a PM, whatever, debate or get out.
Originally posted by FMFDo you think sh76 was a wee bit guilty of airbrushing significant stuff from the history of the region by not mentioning the fact that the U.S., for decades and decades, propped up most of the wretched regimes that created the tragic need for "developing freedom"?
Talk about pollution.
I have been fully engaged with other posters on this thread. meanwhile you have been following me round the threads this evening (my time) hurling insults. Often teh same one over and over again.
Do you think sh76 was a wee bit guilty of airbrushing significant stuff from the history of the region by not mentioning the fact that the U ...[text shortened]... propped up most of the wretched regimes that created the tragic need for "developing freedom"?
Originally posted by generalissimoDid the U.S, or did it not, prop up authoritarian regimes in the region?
[b]Do you think sh76 was a wee bit guilty of airbrushing significant stuff from the history of the region by not mentioning the fact that the U.S., for decades and decades, propped up most of the wretched regimes that created the tragic need for "developing freedom"?
Well, the US has a history of helping regimes who they agree with, and that sup ...[text shortened]... y alien to them, the middle-east was never democratic, with or without american intervention.[/b]