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Agreed, but that prolem will solve itself when we take away
the Russian Roulette game *and* give them middle-class
professions that they can work at, staying in Iraq.

What do you see that suggests that the culture is capable of
maintaining a social enviornment of this sort? They've had freedom to
do what they wish for two or three generations at very least, and
things do not appear to have progressed to the point where a middle
class seems significant?


Obviously, life under Saddam was far from ideal, but Iraq actually DID have
a healthy middle class, quite a few of whom were educated here and in
Europe. Iran's the same way.