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mysteryowl

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11. He does good work with his platform.

Reply to Algernon Moncrieff (Original post)

Tue Jan 7, 2020, 09:26 PM

Jan 2020

I will always remember a program he did on Israel and Palestine. I was shocked to learn what was going on there. Shocked. Palestine is poor and held that way by Israel. There are walls and fences and gates and armed guards separating the two. Shocking. I felt great compassion for Palestine.

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Rick Steves on Iran (From his Facebook page) [View all] Algernon Moncrieff Jan 2020 OP

I just love Rick Steves. llmart Jan 2020 #1

+1 million happybird Jan 2020 #3

He has done more to build bridges between cultures than any politician I know. smirkymonkey Jan 2020 #7

+1000000 fierywoman Jan 2020 #13

The late Anthony Bourdain also went to Iran 47of74 Jan 2020 #18

I have seen that Special 3 or 4 times. It is shown xxqqqzme Jan 2020 #20

Yep. To all you said. Wawannabe Jan 2020 #24

Ha! llmart Jan 2020 #25

I've also seen the show, and soldierant Jan 2020 #26

I've watched that one twice. llmart Jan 2020 #29

Thank you. soldierant Jan 2020 #30

i watched it today on create.tv. It's the 2nd time I've seen it. Kurt V. Jan 2020 #2

That's where I first saw it. llmart Jan 2020 #4

or as much. the younger ppl worldwide have vested interest Kurt V. Jan 2020 #5

Here is is show on Iran. I watched it in it's entirety and it was fascinating and smirkymonkey Jan 2020 #6

Thanks! llmart Jan 2020 #8

I am going to watch this. thanks amuse bouche Jan 2020 #14

+1 dalton99a Jan 2020 #17

Thanks. I was going to go looking for it. kag Jan 2020 #23

Here is his show at the link from a DU post by Lucky Charms from Sunday. BigmanPigman Jan 2020 #9

An adult in the room. badhair77 Jan 2020 #10

He does good work with his platform. mysteryowl Jan 2020 #11

I saw that special back when and saw that there are good people everywhere. I lived in Karadeniz Jan 2020 #12

K&R burrowowl Jan 2020 #15

Iran: If You're Going to Bomb a Place, You Should Know Its People First SCVDem Jan 2020 #16

KnR Hekate Jan 2020 #19

Any country will have their conservatives, moderates, liberals, and any mix in between IronLionZion Jan 2020 #21

Agreed. Raine1967 Jan 2020 #22

Damn this is good! Native Jan 2020 #27

I visited Iran about five years ago dhol82 Jan 2020 #28