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Because it worked so well for Fatah

Oh, yeah. This can’t miss. (CNN link defunct.)

President Bush wants $75 million to try to spur democracy in its adversary Iran, expanding a program that skeptics say can have little effect in the Islamic republic.

“The United States will actively confront the aggressive policies of the Iranian regime. At the same time, we will work to support the aspirations of the Iranian people for freedom and democracy in their country,” Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice told a congressional budget hearing. [...]

Political analysts and Western diplomats are skeptical U.S. efforts to reach out to Iranians can work in a country where America is labeled the “Great Satan” and believed to be anti-Muslim, particularly because of a perception it favors Israelis over Palestinians.

I can see why the Bush administration favors this approach. After all, our last attempt at funding democracy was so warmly received.

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