[ExI] left on iran

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It's the right that likes to involve itself in the domestic affairs if  
other countries, not the left. And it's worked out really well for us,  
say, in Iraq.

Tom D

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On Jun 26, 2009, at 3:31 AM, "spike" <spike66 at att.net> wrote:

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> I am puzzled by the U.S. left's take on Iran.  The uprising has so  
> much in
> common with the student protests of the 1960s here, such as the  
> riots at
> Kent State U and Berkeley.  The current protests have it all:  
> students,
> gays, women, protesting peacefully, calling for human rights, free  
> speech,
> basic freedom.  They are being beaten and killed by the military, the
> police, corrupt religious fundamentalist government, a blatantly  
> rigged
> election, oh this shameful scene really has it all, in black and  
> white.
>
> So why does the US left seem to have a strangely muted reaction,  
> instead of
> what I would have expected, raving apoplexy?  The press seems to  
> strike a
> puzzling neutral stance.  Where is Hollyweird Inc?  Where are the  
> feminists?
> Where is the speak-truth-to-power crowd?  Where are the washed-up  
> movie
> stars getting air time telling the world about how evil is the Iranian
> government?
>
> spike
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