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Originally Posted by Hakan
The irony is just delicious.
50 years ago the U.S. and Britain overthrew the democratically elected Moussadegh government in Iran fearing it would be unstable and ultimately against American interests. They replaced it with a secular totalitarian government. This move eventually lead to the Iranian theocracy in power today. In Iraq, they replaced the secular totalitarian government of Saddam Hussein in favour of a democratic system which looks likely to be taken over by religious sentiment instilling another powerful theocracy.
Wow. Good job G.W. but if I was you, I'd stick to Risk.
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not the first or last time - that's the idea of "blowback" in a nutshell...and a very important lesson about learning from past errors...
I forgot to add this qoute for arsenal - also from the NYTimes article...from Jaafari himself...
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"There was a stand from both the American government and President Bush to promote a democratic policy and protect its interests," he said, sipping from a cup of boiled water mixed with saffron. "But now there's concern among the Iraqi people that the democratic process is being threatened."
"The source of this is that some American figures have made statements that interfere with the results of the democratic process," he added. "These reservations began when the biggest bloc in Parliament chose its candidate for prime minister."
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