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How could the US have given him support, short of violent means, such as bombing Tehran, which he was reluctant to accept?
Will Morton
Money. Push it through your favourite UN department. Schools and hospitals == goodwill.
But Khatami was knackered shortly after being elected, so any aid would be aiding the terrorists. We saw how well that worked in Fallujah and Sadr city.
You have this back to front. Khatami was marginalized by the mullahs, and BECAUSE he was marginalized, because democracy in Iran was suppressed, the US government THEN included Iran in the axis of evil.
June 2001: Khatami re-elected
A few months or weeks thereafter, Khatami knackered.
January 2002: Bush's 'Axis of Evil' speech February 2004: Rigged parliamentary elections lead to conservative majority
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