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[dherblay]

As I mull over a possible autumn trip to Iran, I have been much consoled by Nicholas Kristof's recent columns (1, 2) reporting that its inhabitants are strikingly pro-American. This doesn't surprise me in particular, because when I'm travelling international I rarely run into anyone who even expresses resentment towards the US government, much less

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Re: Oo, Iran,

[rebekahroxanna]

You are the one who gave me the T Shirt last Mother's Day (the one that says in 16 languages on the front that it is the American apology T shirt and on the back that i'm really sorry about our President, I didn't vote for him). Now, to the substantive issue. I am not antiAmerican. Being anti-Bush is not antiAmerican. in fact I can make a quite cogent case that being antiBush is the height of proAmericanism. Bush's policies and practices undermine basic American Constitutional values. Not to mention tthe actions of Cheney, Rumsfeld, Haliburton and KBR.

What is egging the pudding?

As to why Iran? Why not?

When I was in seminary, i was riding the van back from Berkeley with a French exchange student (actually Swiss but a francophone). he was telling us that his favorite place to visit was Iran. He said it was so green there. Well, we were a little confused. i said that I had always thought it was desert. he said no, it was very green. I asked what language they spoke there. He said English. I said gee, I thought it was something like Farsi. He said oh, no Gaelic. Oh I said suddenly seeing green pastures and sheep. Ireland. Yes, he said Iran.