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The Iranian Regime Is Marching Towards a Cliff

Posted by Staff, AlterNet at 11:57 AM on June 23, 2009.


A special comment by Tamim Ansary, author of Destiny Disrupted: A History of the World Through Islamic Eyes.

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The Khomeinist regime in Iran is in terminal trouble; but that doesn’t mean Iran is about to repudiate Islam and become a secular democracy. In order to see where Iran is going, it’s important to see where it’s been.

The so-called Islamic Revolution of Iran was never just about Islam. It was the product of  three revolutionary currents coming together. One was constitutionalism, a century-old struggle for democracy, driven mostly by Iran’s secular modernists.  One was Islamism, a push to put the shari’a in charge of political life—a movement fed by rural resentment of the Westernized urban elite and embraced by merchants of the country’s traditional economy.

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I don't know where Iran is headed, but I do know
Posted by: Fempatriot on Jun 24, 2009 2:13 AM   
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we are not the ones to tell them where to head. After our disastrous "regime change" in Iran back in 1953, we should sit back and observe, offer dialog if they want to talk, offer aid if they need it, but stay the h-e-l-l out of their politics and their country. We have enough problems at home to keep our government busy for the next two hundred years--if the United States of America lasts that long. After a mere 200 years it already seems as if we're coming apart at the seams.

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» RE: Cliff Jumping Posted by: americansheep
I'm inspired!
Posted by: pspinrad on Jun 24, 2009 10:37 AM   
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How come we don't riot when our elections are stolen?

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» Amen Posted by: hardwroc
» RE: I'm inspired! Posted by: Morell