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Michael Davison

Michael Davison — Fri, 26 Jun 2009 00:00:00 +0000

It wouldn’t matter whether the US does or doesn’t have agents encouraging or supporting the protesters in Iran.

As you mentioned in your other article (a very good one, btw– kudos), Iran would make the accusation in any case, since the ”Great Satan” is a cornerstone of the Ayatollas hold on their power.

Using a boogeyman (scapegoat) to unify a population is exactly the kind of behavior that dictators and would-be dictators use to keep their own populations in line. The Ayatollas have been doing it for 30 years and it’s worked for them– why should they stop now?

Nuya Bidness

Nuya Bidness — Sat, 27 Jun 2009 00:00:00 +0000

That is how the Ayatollahs tricked the Iranians into turning over their country over to a dictator the last time. Think it will work again?

Michael Davison

Michael Davison — Sat, 27 Jun 2009 00:00:00 +0000

Remember what Abraham Lincoln once said: ”You an fool all of the people some of the time and some of the people all of the time, but you can’t fool all of the people all of the time.”

Maybe the Ayatollas should learn about this.