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From: saquigley@watmath.UUCP (Sophie Quigley)
Newsgroups: net.politics
Subject: Re: Context of the Debate
Message-ID: <8973@watmath.UUCP>
Date: Fri, 14-Sep-84 14:20:06 EDT
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Posted: Fri Sep 14 14:20:06 1984
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>Besides, this sort of sympathy for revolutionary forces tends to
>lead to supporting acts like the overthrow of the Shah of
>Iran, who, despite the claims of Khomeni, was a very good ruler,
>and whose only mistake was limiting the power of the Islamic
>church in Iran. Because of people who thought, "They're
>complaining, so their government must be bad", a bunch of religous 
>fanatics were allowed to come into power and reverse years of
>social and political advances under the Shah.
>
>	Wayne

Sometimes I wonder what else you believe.  I bet you also think that
Amnesty International is a KGB subsidiary.  If not, I would recommend
that you read some of their reports on political repression in Iran
during the Shah's rule.  You might find there evidence of a few more
things he did wrong.

Sophie Quigley
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