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Originally Posted by Greedy,Greedy,Greedy
Last nights events in Yemen may well suggest you are right,
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Okay, this is some scary shit. Even leaving aside whether this draws the US in, the entire fucking region is poised to go up in flames. Thank goodness we invaded Iraq to start the waves of democracy rolling.
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but I think that "more like the Iranian population" factor will eventually play out on both sides. And they do still have some oil....
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Maybe. So long as the ayatollahs are in power, it's hard to see that happening, and I suspect they are willing and able to do things that even the Shah couldn't do to hold onto power. The Shahs soldiers chose not to shoot protestors, but the religious militias would make a different choice.
