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Tehran, Iran -- America must understand Iraq before advocating devolution. No plan will succeed if it ignores Iraq's economic problems. 50% are jobless. With many more in exile, the dignity of its people must be restored.
Tehran, Iran - America is an endless obsession. It is difficult to find an American not passionate about or obsessed with something. Such obsession has been fruitful. It produced jet airplanes, men on the moon, the space shuttle, the microchip, computers, the Internet, skyscrapers, round-the-clock news broadcasts and Hollywood. Let's not forget credit cards and consumer debt, junk mail marketing and Las Vegas. Those certainly required passion.
Tehran, Iran- It seems that North Korea has taken its best shot with its nuclear program. It first opted out of NPT, then tested its 1960's vintage missile technology and it has now experimented with a crude nuclear device.
Tehran, Iran - Many forget that the American system is a republic and not a direct democracy. As we can read in The Washington Post every day, this system is subject to heavy influence by special-interest groups and lobbies, and fierce battles of polls and mathematical models can decide elections.
Tehran, Iran - The redefinition of marriage deserves objective debate around the world. Every democracy must reinterpret laws to match local traditions and current social codes. Referendums may decide this issue finally.
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