Travel guru assesses Iran

Seattle Post Intelligencer by D. Parvaz | Jun. 21, 2008 (Editorial)

"My job is not to say we're right and they're wrong or that they're right and we're wrong. ... It's that, as a travel writer, to help America better understand Iran, because it's clear that we don't know anything about Iran," said Steves, 53, sitting behind his desk at his Edmonds office, his demeanor more intense than what we see on his shows. "And as an electorate, we're being asked to make decisions of war and peace and life and death for a country of ... Full Story »

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Subjects: World, Living, Education
Topics: Iran, Family, Lifelong Learning
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Posted by: Posted by Dwight Rousu - Jun 25, 2008 - 7:16 PM PDT
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 by Dwight Rousu - Oct. 1, 2008

The editorial looks at citizen instigated learning about another country, Iran. If our military mono-visioned cyclops of an administration attempts to demonize Iran, can citizen action help bridge the great gap in human to human understanding? Citizens who took medicines into Iraq before the illegal invasion have been charged as criminals by the Bush administration.

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