On Aug 24, 2006, at 7:26 PM, Marvin Gandall wrote:
> It seems to me that the onus is on the regime's critics to identify
> alternative forces in Iran which are as committed to its national
> independence and to addressing its social inequalities along with
> their
> more enlightened policies towards women, gays, secular dissidents,
> trade
> unionists, etc., Yoshie's point is that the more socially progressive
> Iranian left, in reaction to the Islamists, has compromised itself by
> adapting to the West's agenda for the region.
You ignored my point that the regime is not Ahmadinejad, and whatever his personal virtues, he lacks the resources to deliver on his populist agenda and is subordinated to a wretched power elite. What's with these Hobson's choices? It's either imperialism or some jazzed- up mullahs?
Doug