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  1. I hope this kind of acknowledgements and leaks lead to a bit more of relax in the Iranian topic... Israel was being very very hot-headed lately.
  2. "U2 is about the impossible. Politics is the art of the possible. They're very different, and I'm resigned to that now." - Bono


    The only crap iv'e heard come out of Bono's mouth, accept for when he swears.
  4. Anyone up for discussing the Iran Hostage Crisis? I just read an excellent book on it, and it would be a shame to let the material go to waste.
  6. Common knowledge.
  7. very very glad for Aung San Suu Kyi and Burma
    walk on
  8. Originally posted by wtshnnfb01:Anyone up for discussing the Iran Hostage Crisis? I just read an excellent book on it, and it would be a shame to let the material go to waste.

    Let's do it then!

    (BTW, also glad for Aung San Suu Kyi, I hope this is Burma's breakthrough and not just something to be blocked later by their government)
  9. The government will be able to monitor the calls, emails, texts and website visits of everyone in the UK under new legislation set to be announced soon. Internet firms will be required to give intelligence agency GCHQ access to communications on demand, in real time. The Home Office says the move is key to tackling crime and terrorism, but civil liberties groups have criticised it.

    Tory MP David Davis called it "an unnecessary extension of the ability of the state to snoop on ordinary people". Attempts by the last Labour government to take similar steps failed after huge opposition, including from the Tories.

    Source



    EDIT: Wrong topic, sorry.
  10. Originally posted by Ali709:[..]

    Let's do it then!

    (BTW, also glad for Aung San Suu Kyi, I hope this is Burma's breakthrough and not just something to be blocked later by their government)

    Which aspect you want to go with first?

  12. We could start with, why the whole thing happened?

    I believe attacking the embassy was a mistake, but I can't really blame the people either, the embassy had been a major spy center and with all that the US government had done to Iran in the past, and the whole revolution being based mostly on blocking their influence, I can see it happen.

    This was something that started by the people, unlike what happened with the British embassy last year (that was orchestrated).
    What followed, the whole hostage taking situation was something that got forced on Khomeini. I know for a fact that he did not agree with the attack and the hostage taking, but once this was done, he couldn't back down as it would be a sign of weakness and the situation could fall into the hands of radicals.

    I believe what happened was caused by several mistakes by the US government over the years, starting with the coup and continued to when they let Shah visit the Mayo Clinic. I still think it was a mistake and what followed was even worse, but I can't blame them.
    The US government had to understand the situation better, and as a stabilized country (while Iran had just had a revolution and was not yet stabilized) they had to act with more restraint.
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