> Juan Cole may not care, but I do. You see, there are two governments
> in the entire Arab world that can claim electoral legitimacy and
> popular mandate: the Iranian government and the Palestinian Authority.
Iranians are Persians, not Arabs!
And what about Egypt, Algeria and Morocco, none of which are purely arab, but all closer than Iran? I think they elect their governments.
-- Sandy Harris Zhuhai, Guangdong, China