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FairWinds

(1,717 posts) Mon Mar 9, 2015, 01:02 PM Mar 2015

Americans' views of Iran are based on fantasy . .

which makes us quite easily manipulated by the likes of Bibi and the Neo-cons.
So I wrote this Op-ed as a corrective . .
[Thanks to Professor Cole for publishing it on his website.]
http://www.juancole.com/2015/03/americas-memory-hole.html

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Americans' views of Iran are based on fantasy . . (Original Post) FairWinds Mar 2015 OP

American views of the world swilton Mar 2015 #1

swilton

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1. American views of the world

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Mon Mar 9, 2015, 03:39 PM

Mar 2015

are based on fantasies...We've been dumbed down for generations. In the words of American philosopher Isaac Asimov on anti-intellectualism - democracy means my ignorance is as good as your knowledge.

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