not without support

Submitted by solemnman (Israel), Jun 24, 2009 at 05:51

If the U.S. is to encourage the Iranian rebellion it must do everything within reason,to insure it's success. We should recall what happened to the Shiites and Kurds ,in Iraq,when they were encouraged by George Bush sr to rebel. The U.S. provided no air protection from the Iraqi gunships which effectively crushed the rebellion, killing hundreds of thousands of Kurds and Shiites.

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