Originally Posted by JohnR ....This is what I fear will happen.
Hopefully Col Q's military and Mercs flip on him. Of course at this stage of the game even if Q is gone and the rebels take over we'll have one of 3 things happen:
1) Rebels will go all fundamentalist anyway.
2) Rebels will fall under Iranian influence and follow the pattern somewhere along option one.
3) We might have some semblance of a modern democracy that remembers help from the west.
Don't expect the latter.
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Originally Posted by spence
Why do you believe a bunch of Sunni Arabs would fall under Iranian influence?
Huh?
Iran is most focused on neighboring states. Not sure where the joke is, unless you just took a long toke and need to giggle
-spence
-spence
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I'M DOUBLE sHOCKED!!!
Clinton says Iran trying to hijack Mideast revolts
Apr 15, 4:11 PM (ET)
MATTHEW LEE
(AP) US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton speaks during a press conference at the US Embassy in...
BERLIN (AP) -
U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton on Friday accused Iran of trying to hijack democratic revolutions around the Mideast and warned Arab nations not to permit intolerance against women and religious minorities.
Clinton said Iran was clearly trying to use uprisings around the region to further its own goals and foment broader unrest while at the same time cracking down on its own reform movement.
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I think that that everyone(EXCEPT SPENCE) is aware if its efforts to exploit and even hijack what are legitimate protests. But certainly in an era of instant communication we hope that people will not be fooled by their tactics."