Replies to post #170069 on Tornado Alley (PROG)

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Stephanie -- and at least as I came to understand it, the only reason Imadinnerjacket was ever elected the first time, rather than the considerably more moderate/reformist candidate he beat, was thanks to our own Imadinnerjacket's PNAC/AIPAC-driven "Axis of Evil" targeting of Iran (and our own Imadinnerjacket's administration's evidently entirely deliberate blowing of the opportunity presented when Iran reached out to us for a comprehensive deal back around the '02-'03 timeframe)

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Yup, Iran hardliners vs hardliners, background detail here on the fixed exclusionary Iran election process ..

http://www.ekantipur.com/2012/03/02/world/irans-hardliners-face-off-in-parliamentary-election/349869.html

shucks, for some reason i can't copy the article .. thanks
for the reminder, slips my mind too .. it's LOCKED in now.