http://www.anncoulter.com/columns/2003/091703.htmRob van Riel
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Indeed. I'd much rather see Iran as a U.S. ally than not. The
current
Iranian "Generation-X" pretty much despises the Mullahs that run the
country, and as often as they can (and in private) embrace western
values.

I might be delusional about all this, but my feeling is that if we all
leave Iran in peace, in something like 20 years it could turn into a
thoughroughly modern state. Still predominantly islamic, but the way
many Western nations are predominantly christian, rather than the
fundamantalist islam of the ayatollahs. Much as I dislike what
happened there in the past, Iran might be our best hope of introducing
a stable factor in the region, compatible with the Western way of
doing things.

Rob

Iran is a wonderful example, or it could be, to some of the Muslims.
It's had virtually no Western influence in decades and still failed as a
Muslim state. All the other miserable ****-holes can always claim their
failure is due to a Burger King or Coca-Cola stand on the corner
somewhere. The Iranians have no excuse but their own dysfunction. It's
a shame they are Shia Death Cult members rather than
Sunni/Wahabbi/Salafi Death Cult members, otherwise the lesson would be
perfect for them. Oh well they aren't living 500 years in the past by
accident.

Too bad Iran is actively trying to get nukes and spreading terrorism in
the meantime. Maybe we can reach an agreement with the mullahs where
the Iranians only attack Europeans while Americans go back to ignoring
the world.

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Scott
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"Interestingly, we started to lose this war only after the embedded
reporters pulled out. Back when we got the news directly from Iraq,
there was victory and optimism. Now that the news is filtered through
the mainstream media here in America, all we hear is death and
destruction and quagmire..." Ann Coulter