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In reply to the discussion: This message was self-deleted by its author [View all]MADem
(135,425 posts)They didn't hire "thugs" really--they hired taxis, and they stuffed them full of protesters who were paid the equivalent of a buck or so to cheer on cue. This isn't a feature of Persian politics that has gone by the wayside, mind you...this happens still, today. Do you seriously think those anti-green protesters just came out on their one day off to stand in the hot sun and support the status quo? The poor are easily manipulated.
As for Nazis, the ones in Germany thought the KURDS--of all folk--were the "original Aryans" owing to their great height, slim and muscular frames, and the fact that so many of them are light of hair and eye. Much of the original Persian infrastructure was built by Germans--the roads in Iran were damned good forty years ago, even though some of them went past villages that were barely electrified.
Hillary Clinton's "praise" consisted of a sentence that can be broken down to mean this: "Henry has kept in touch with STATE and provided us with reports of his travels" and "Even though I didn't agree with a damn thing he did or how he did it, I consider him a friend." Now, if you are going to insist that these sentiments are somehow "endorsements" of Kissenger's efforts in any fashion, then I can only conclude that you must also assume that Warren's two votes for Reagan meant that she agreed with his brutal, vindicitive, moralistic and craven AIDS policy. Because, unlike Clinton, she didn't point out any disagreements with Reagan at ALL--she did note that she agreed with his approach to "markets."
See how stupid that sounds? I must say, I think this attempt to smear Clinton with the Kissinger "association" is a huge fail, and it's right out of a playbook written by the likes of Karl Rove. Beneath DU, certainly.