End of an Era

This was not just an attack on one person but on the ideas and ideals that she stood for. Independently of whether her governments were corrupt or not, the Party at least represented the hopes and aspirations of millions of ordinary people. One wonders if this is just the beginning of the end of secular politics in this country. If so, I hope all of those sonofabitch maulvis rot in hell.

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What was so heartening in her press conference after the initial attack on her a few months ago was the return to politics-old style: 'The problems are political problems and require political solutions. No military dictatorship, no bombing of people can resolve issues'. And as she rightly pointed out: military dictatorships only offer a false security; in fact, they undermine security ( a thing American Presidents, past and present, simply do not understand).

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This is a country of peasants, of cultivators of the land, she continued. A land of hard working people whose fundamental commitment is to tolerance. I still believe that (despite the cursed mullahs and their Saudi pimps). Every time there have been elections the mullahs have been trounced.

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What is there left to say?

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May her soul rest in peace.