The cases of Iran (1979), Yugoslavia (2000), and Venezuela (long drawn-out contests for power between Bolivarians and Golpistas, involving demonstrations, lockouts, a coup & a counter-coup, etc.) are urban-centered "regime changes" in already modern nations, quite unlike, for instance, the cases of the Chinese and Vietnamese revolutions, which constitute the images of "Third-World revolutions" in many people's minds. It's a mistake to homogenize all nations outside the circle of the USA, Western Europe, and Japan as the "Third World."
Also, culturally speaking, the USA is farther away from Sweden than from pre-revolutionary Iran. :->
In any case, if there is no Plan B in the event of a Bush victory, the "Anybody But Bush" crowd should be renamed the "Any Democrat But Bush" crowd, and ADBB should confess that they can very well live with Republicans for four more years or even longer, despite what they say to Greens and other independents. -- Yoshie
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