News
I've been making an effort recently (starting today, haha) to read the news. So I just read
this article and found it very interesting. It's about giving money to dissidents inside the Iranian government. First of all I think it's really weird how we're trying to make all the Middle Eastern countries Democracies now. There are other forms of government that work and I don't think the U.S should be making decisions like that by themselves. This paragraph I found particularly interesting:
"The United States maintains sanctions against Iran that prohibit funds from being spent on Iranian goods and outlaws financial transactions with individuals inside the country. Meanwhile, in an agreement signed in Algiers in 1981, the United States, in naming Switzerland to represent its interests in Iran, pledged not to meddle in the internal affairs of the Iranian regime."
The current administration seems to think they are exempt from certain rules like this which is really dumb. Then again I guess we have to do anything to fight the "axis of evil!!!" Dun dun dunnnn.....
Posted by lib at December 6, 2003 03:50 PM
lib i was just looking at pics of sophie and she is really cute. i just wanted to say that i would really like to have a cute neice like that. lucky you.