Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Posting-Version: version B 2.10 beta 3/9/83; site sdcrdcf.UUCP Path: utzoo!watmath!clyde!burl!hou3c!hocda!houxm!ihnp4!zehntel!hplabs!sdcrdcf!alan From: alan@sdcrdcf.UUCP (Alan Algustyniak) Newsgroups: net.politics Subject: Re: Context of the Debate Message-ID: <1316@sdcrdcf.UUCP> Date: Mon, 17-Sep-84 16:12:33 EDT Article-I.D.: sdcrdcf.1316 Posted: Mon Sep 17 16:12:33 1984 Date-Received: Tue, 25-Sep-84 06:38:33 EDT References: <1052@ihuxm.UUCP> <1866@ucbvax.ARPA>Reply-To: alan@sdcrdcf.UUCP (Alan Algustyniak) Organization: System Development Corporation, Santa Monica Lines: 17 Summary: >>the Shah of >>Iran, who, despite the claims of Khomeni, was a very good ruler, >> Wayne > >I would recommend >that you read some of their reports on political repression in Iran >during the Shah's rule. You might find there evidence of a few more >things he did wrong. >Sophie Quigley I'm afraid Sophie's right Wayne; I'm sure that, according to her defn. no one has ever been a good ruler. But Sophie, consider this: don't you think that he was probably the best ruler Iran ever had, and is the best that could be hoped for today? sdcrdcf!alan