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Originally Posted by eddly
I really don't think anything of significance can be done any time soon. There just is no quick fix.
Perhaps the best solution is to give Iran less attention in the media. Ahmadi-Najad crosses the street and it seems to be reported by the media. Don't get me wrong, the horrible acts against humanity that have occurred there and those that could occur in the future can't be ignored, the world needs to know. Ahmadi-Najad just seems to feed off the attention...
Honestly I just don't know... the Western world is just so different than what we see in Iran. For example, Ahmadi-Najad would probably consider the Bloc Quebecois to be enemies of God... clearly church and state need to be separate for starters...
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What does the media have to do with it? Iran doesn't care what the western media says or does. The cabal in control of government is in bed with the group that controls the church and in turn they are exerting a theo-facist style grip on their society. The West is simply the scapegoat and 3rd enemy the government drums up propaganda about to throw off criticisms of itself. This is what all these corrupt middle eastern countries and even ones like North Korea do. For years, the corruption in Egypt was terrible and the leaders would manufacture stories about the West to turn the people's aggression away from themselves.
Throughout all the protests after the disputed election and the vast demonstrations and riots, the government kept repeating the hardline that the demonstrations were caused not by the malcontent majority group of their own people but rather by western agents and monarchists.
Iran is a deeply divided country where young people are the largest demographic group and yearning for freedom but least empowered. The government is full of remnants of the youth of 1979 who will do anything to retain their own power in the name of Allah. The battle between liberals and conservatives is also a tale of wealth and poverty. The Basiji Militia you hear so much about are mostly recruited from poor villages and farms where they are uneducated men who are desperate for money and hardliners on religion.