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Syria-Lebanon-Iran
Code Pink Crosses A Redline In Iran
2019-03-17
[Jpost] The organization, which proclaims to be "a women-led grassroots organization working to end US wars and militarism [and] support peace and human rights
...which are often intentionally defined so widely as to be meaningless...
 initiatives," has just returned from Iran.

Move over Stockholm Syndrome; make way for the Tehran Effect. If there isn’t yet a name for the phenomenon in which liberal, left-leaning Westerners are captivated by the charms of the Islamic Theocratic Republic of Iran, there should be.
Posted by:trailing wife

#3  Nothing new under the sun at all. History is full of people who put personal advantage ahead of allegiance to their nation or tribe or even family.

Code Pink wants power, and I gather they don't care much how they get it.
Posted by: james   2019-03-17 13:34  

#2  If there isn’t yet a name for the phenomenon in which liberal, left-leaning Westerners are captivated by $(ROTTEN_OPPRESSIVE_DICTATORSHIP) there should be.

We saw this during the Cold War when lefties fawned over the fUSSR. Hey, maybe Tom Friedman could help you out with the naming.
Filed Under: There is nothing new under the sun
Posted by: SteveS   2019-03-17 09:02  

#1  They hate America more than they love women.
Posted by: Herb McCoy    2019-03-17 03:39  

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