Which of my readers remembers that incident several years ago, in which an exile living in California or specifically LA claimed he was going to return to Iran with a few jumbo jets and single-handedly cause the downfall of the regime? He was the subject of quite a bit of joking at the time but the event seems to have simply faded from the collective memory. I remember it because I was in Iran at the time and heard the jokes from someone there one night.
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Posted by: b | October 31, 2012 at 03:39 PM
Where is Hakha now?
I live in LA, I guess is fair to say the way Cyrus raised the question, we can agree that Hakha has gone to history's Khla
Posted by: kooshy | October 23, 2012 at 11:56 PM
haha :) I had forgotten it, but remember it now. It was very funny :)
Posted by: Mehrnaz | October 21, 2012 at 09:45 AM
Hakha is a moron. Why are you showboating him as the symbol of Iranian democracy?
Posted by: nima | October 20, 2012 at 04:11 AM
I do!
Hakha! ha ha ha :) Where is Hakha now?
Posted by: Paul | October 19, 2012 at 10:51 PM