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Mark Monaghan's avatar

Makes sense to me. Excellent essay, thank you!

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Jolie's avatar

I think the family of the Shah will be a bridge too far because of prior history but I'm hoping that from the river to the sea we can be ayatollah free. Yeah bad geography but it's a great rhyme.

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Jolie's avatar

Update, apparently folks in Iran are asking the Shah's family to come back. Anyone want a hot stock tip instead?

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BehaviorForecastsProbablyHard's avatar

Iran is aligned to Russia, and was I understand a supplier of war material.

I've had my head under a rock, and have not been following the news. I'm not sure a forecast of 'this will prove to have been decisive' is in order, but I genuinely do not know what happened.

I have nothing really to say about what might happen.

I do not like the current regime in Iran, and am happy for them to get a kicking.

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Pamela Schieber's avatar

Excellent writing. It wxplained the war clearly. Personally, I think the Prince will be King. Israel and the USA will have a great ally.

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Francis Turner's avatar

I hope he will be king too. But I'm not optimistic this will happen

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Richard's avatar

The Iranian regime is up to Iranians not Westerners. Probably be messy but not our problem. Remember how well nation building went in Afghanistan and Iraq.

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