"Dave" wrote in message
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On Fri, 30 Mar 2007 17:13:56 -0400, "Wilbur Hubbard"
said:

The difference between Iraq and Iran is that Iran
civilians are mostly of the same religious mind. There won't be the
fighting between religious factions as there is in Iraq. Once the
fanatic govt. and the Ayatollah *******s get toppled they are pretty

You are sadly misinformed.


Hardly!

from: http://www.iranproject.org/iran/religion.html

About Iran

Religion in Iran
According to the US Library of Congress, at least 90 percent of Iranians
are Shi'a Muslims. Approximately 8 percent are Sunni Muslims. There are
smaller numbers of Baha'is, Armenian and Assyrian Christians, Jews, and
Zoroastrians.

and . . . from:
http://www.sandmonkey.org/2006/09/07...ing-hezbollah/

To the outside world, the Iranian government projects an image of
national resolve as it defies U.N. Security Council demands to stop
enriching uranium. But the regime's ability to withstand international
pressure may depend on how forgiving Iranians are about the sluggish
economy. The rate of inflation is at least 19%, and unemployment has
edged up to 15%. At a press conference last week, President Mahmoud
Ahmadinejad fended off criticism of his economic program by swinging
attention to foreign policy and calling for a debate with President
George W. Bush. Some former Iranian officials and other analysts
speculate that Ahmadinejad is stoking the nuclear crisis with the West
in part to divert attention from the economy. "This is the first
government in years to make big economic promises to people," says a
close associate of Ahmadinejad's with knowledge of his government's
thinking. "If it fails to deliver, it will be a catastrophe not just
for this administration but for the entire regime."

The war in Lebanon has provoked economic anxieties. Nightly news
broadcasts that Iranians watch on their illegal satellite dishes show
Hizballah doling out thick stacks of cash to displaced Shi'ites,
courtesy of Iran. Because President Ahmadinejad enjoys pandering to
public sentiment in the Arab world, the flow of Iranian resources to
Lebanon is no secret. But this spending on a faraway Arab community
infuriates Iranians and revives an ugly Persian chauvinism that
considers Arabs uncultured and backward. One story I heard last week has
the wife of Hizballah leader Sheik Hassan Nasrallah receiving a gift of
Iranian caviar and thinking it was some sort of jam.



So, I guess that shows you!

Wilbur Hubbard