01-11-2020, 08:57 PM
(01-11-2020, 02:02 PM)John J. Xenakis Wrote: Iran is looking more and more like America during the height of the
antiwar protests during the late 1960s.
That's what I've been thinking, too, though I guess I didn't post it here yet. The difference is that Iran is sending money instead of troops to support their proxy wars, so people are protesting the lack of money at home, instead of protesting the draft.
I doubt they'll bring back the Shah, though that would be a nice touch; usually awakenings don't result in formal changes of government, right? They could, however, instate a Supreme Leader who would restrict the IRGC to being a domestic secret police rather than an external provocateur, which would permit them to agree to a deal that included everything President Trump wanted. I guess he would be a Reagan equivalent since he would usher in an economic rebirth, thanks to being able to export oil again.
