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Originally posted by sgtclub
You wouldn't describe Syria, Lebannon and Iran as totatlitarian?
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No, not even close. The term has a technical definition. Syria under the elder Assad came closest, was defintiely very authoritarian, but has loosened up quite a bit in recent years. Iran has a civil society and economy that is quite free in some respects -- a semi-authoritarian parliamentary religious oligarchy. Lebanon is nothing close and never has been.
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