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Greeks Bearing the Gifts of Democracy (for the second time)

Future of democracy in Europe: Greek is frowned upon, putting it mildly, for putting the proposed austerity measures plan into a referendum>>>

Why Contain Iran?

Iran is once again in America’s cross hairs. Even before the allegations of an Iranian plot to assassinate the Saudi ambassador in Washington, concerns about Iran were high, with an impending U.S. troop withdrawal from Iraq possibly leading to increased Iranian influence there. U.S. opinion and decision makers are expanding their estimate of Iran’s adventurousness and calling for new containment measures. In both exercises, there is room for misjudgment>>>

شیطان بزرگ هراسی

صرف نظر از برخورد طبیعی و تند رژیم به اظهارات خانم کلینتون، برخی از نیروهای اپوزیسیون نیز به آن واکنش نشان دادند. اپوزیسیون ایران عموما در برابر اتهام «وابستگی» به قدرت‌های خارجی حساسیت نشان می‌دهد و آن را با «استقلال» خود منافی می‌داند، و از این رو بسیاری سعی کردند نظرات خانم کلینتون را تخطئه کنند و خود را منزه‌تر از آن نشان دهند که از چنین «کمک‌هایی» استقبال کنند>>>

The Two Scenarios

No one can see into the future, but since we seem to like the "what If's", I thought the two following scenarios would fit the mood>>>

The Iranian Gambit

The elections in Tunisia and the dramatic demise of former Libyan leader Muammar al-Qaddafi have pushed the allegations of an Iran-sponsored plot to assassinate the Saudi envoy to Washington on U.S. soil from the headlines. But countering Iran's efforts to develop a nuclear weapon and exploit the tumult in the Arab world for its own gain is vital to securing U.S. interests in a rapidly changing Middle East, and remains an urgent priority of U.S. diplomacy around the world>>>

Guatemala's Mossadegh

After the Oil company funded US coup in Iran in 1953, and the successful overthrow of Mossadegh by the CIA, another coup was carried out in Guatemala in 1954. This time under the funding and encouragement of the American United Fruit Company, later named Chiquita, as it became clear that under freely elected President Jacobo Arbenz, land that was unused by Chiquita would be given to peasants and farmers in order to develop additional and alternative agriculture to the dominant single crop banana plantations that Chiquita had built in Guatemala for decades>>>

بلاهت مینو خانوم

خدا بسر شاهده که اصلاً قصد توهین نیست >>>

مثنوی رِی چارلز

نام او رِی بود وچارلز فامیلی اش
استیلِ او ساده و بی غّل و غش
بود یک مرد سیاهپوست اصیل
از تبار زنگیان، نسل خلیل
شغل او خوانندگی در آمریکا
شهرتش از اینجا تا کُستاریکا
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TED in Baghdad! Hopefully Tehran, Cairo, Tripoli and Damascus next

"The Eye does not see the Ear until a mirror is placed in front of the eyes." >>>