Keep an eye on Iran

Submitted by Octavio (Italy), Jan 4, 2007 at 12:29

Somalia lost. Well, the Islamic Courts found out that running a country is more difficult than they thought, and defending it from Ethiopia is even harder. Iran could be a similar case. Apparently, the President of Iran is in charge of the economy and the economy is not doing very well. His popularity is linked to the poor economic performance. It seems that, when Islamists go to power, they have to confront the real world. They have to deal with economic and social issues. They have to build hospitals, fight corruption, provide eductation, etc, etc.

People thought that I was stupid, and that my non-interventionist views were full of contradictions. There is no contradiction. Islamist regimes might prove inadequate to run their own countries. Let them try.

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