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Go for it.
No one pretends the Shah with CIA help wasn't brutal and repressive.
Bowser
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2/27/2007 8:54:55 PM
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Not even Conservatives.
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Update on Democratic victory results
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TB
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2/27/2007 5:09:35 PM
Ds - "The party has no frigging idea what to do about the war in Iraq." This is tiresome.
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Bowser
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2/27/2007 5:20:42 PM
"This is tiresome." So is your constant advocacy of totalitarianism.
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TB
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2/27/2007 5:34:37 PM
"probably wouldn't be an Islamic movement if the Shahs were still running Iran. "
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Tony
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2/27/2007 6:30:33 PM
Go for it.
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TB
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2/27/2007 8:17:32 PM
See if you can answer a simple question
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Tony
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2/27/2007 9:15:47 PM
Spelling it out
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TB
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2/27/2007 9:51:55 PM
"and until the end of the 70s, was quite effectively suppressed."
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Tony
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2/27/2007 11:20:16 PM
Right.
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TB
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2/27/2007 11:52:27 PM
re: Right.
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Yeti, Seaman first class, USS Titanic.
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2/28/2007 4:31:07 PM
I think the problem is defining "stability."
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TB
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2/28/2007 6:30:52 PM
Brass tacks: Do you actually intend to argue that the middle east is more stable now than before the Iraq Invasion? Yes or no?
(n/t)
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Yeti
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2/28/2007 6:46:35 PM
The word you keep sticking in there is "now."
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TB
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2/28/2007 7:17:35 PM
Wow, talk about rhetorical nonsense.
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Yeti
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2/28/2007 7:37:32 PM
Bringing out the hand puppets...
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TB
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2/28/2007 8:01:43 PM
re: Right.
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Tony
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2/28/2007 3:01:01 PM
He can't. Obfuscate, impute things neither said nor implied, straw men, and change subject.
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Bowser
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2/27/2007 10:02:39 PM
And I've noticed that the original post has been completely derailed.
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TB
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2/27/2007 9:55:08 PM
Trying to clean up after a long parade of elephants ain't fun.
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Bowser
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2/27/2007 10:04:27 PM
No one pretends the Shah with CIA help wasn't brutal and repressive.
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Bowser
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2/27/2007 8:54:55 PM
Shall we go down the list of totalitarian regimes Conservatives support?
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Bowser
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2/27/2007 5:53:32 PM
Sure. Make a list. Knock yerself out.
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TB
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2/27/2007 8:12:15 PM
HabitableZone — be civil, or at least entertaining.