> On 8/2/09, Chris Doss <lookoverhere1 at yahoo.com> wrote:
>
> > There isn't a necessary contradiction between "the Iranian government is
> > really nasty" and "the Iranian government is realistically the best
> possible
> > one for Iran."
>
> Believe it or not, for some people the smooth functioning of a nation
> is not the telos of politics.
Who said anything about the *that*?