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Old 06-20-2007, 04:59 AM   #31
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To be qualified to judge Iran, I would need to speak Farsi, and perhaps Kurdish, be a student of Shia Islam in all its varieties, know the vagaries of theocratic regimes within Iran, understand the oil and gas industries, be familiar with five thousand years of history of the region, and study the demographics of a complex region. BTW, the test language for the MTC is farsi, in case you didn't know.
I'm pretty sure mindfulcoug doesn't know what the MTC is, believe it or not.
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Old 06-20-2007, 05:01 AM   #32
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I'm pretty sure mindfulcoug doesn't know what the MTC is, believe it or not.
ooh! ooh! I know that one.
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Old 06-20-2007, 05:03 AM   #33
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ooh! ooh! I know that one.
Muslim Theocratic Country.
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Old 06-20-2007, 05:04 AM   #34
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I'm pretty sure mindfulcoug doesn't know what the MTC is, believe it or not.
how about mindful+ wikipedia+ babylon+ sort of merciful help from yourself?
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how about mindful+ wikipedia+ babylon+ sort of merciful help from yourself?

That translation didn't come out too well.
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Missionary Training Center. It's where Mormon missionaries learn to speak languages. I guess some of them are going to start learning Farsi now. Watch out.
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Missionary Training Center. It's where Mormon missionaries learn to speak languages. I guess some of them are going to start learning Farsi now.
We have Farsi speaking lads, but they're just not sent to Muslim countries.

Farsi was the Test language because the guess was few westerners would trouble learning it.

In short, a secular, rich populace, with an impoverished leadership in Iran would be ideal, but is unachievable.
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To be qualified to judge Iran, I would need to speak Farsi, and perhaps Kurdish, be a student of Shia Islam in all its varieties, know the vagaries of theocratic regimes within Iran, understand the oil and gas industries, be familiar with five thousand years of history of the region, and study the demographics of a complex region. BTW, the test language for the MTC is farsi, in case you didn't know.
well...it seems a pretty difficult task to do ..but the better job would be " not be too quick" to judge over the nation for the first step .. practicing farsi comes next step ??
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We have Farsi speaking lads, but they're just not sent to Muslim countries.

Farsi was the Test language because the guess was few westerners would trouble learning it.
Farsi is Mindful's first language, by the way.
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Missionary Training Center. It's where Mormon missionaries learn to speak languages. I guess some of them are going to start learning Farsi now. Watch out.
completely informative as usual..thank you!
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