Something to mullah over
June 22nd 2009 19:01
Unless you've been hiding under Iraq (ba dum chhh!!!), you've seen the unrest unfold after the recent election in Iran. I certainly don't think that there will be any meaningful recount of the election results. Nor do I think there will be a new election. For now, Iran is still a country where "might makes right". However, I do believe that this election has been a turning point in Iran. I fully believe that this whole episode will serve as the beginning of the end for the ruling theocracy.
Iran is a country with a young population. Much of that young population has embraced the modern world. They have cell phones and the internet. They want peace and modernity and democracy. Those goals aren't consistent with the goals of the ruling clerics in Iran. Keep in mind that those ruling clerics were the kids out on the streets protesting thirty years ago. Now, they are the targets of the protests from the current batch of young people. Their time did come, but it will soon be gone. It may not happen this year or next year, but it is just a matter of time now. There is too much political and demographic inertia pushing against them for their country to continue on its current path forever.
There's a memorable line from the movie Backdraft that applies particularly well to Iran's outmoded mullahs. Someone should whisper this into Supreme Leader Ayatollah Khomeini's ear:
"You see that flash of light in the corner of your eye? That's your career dissipation light. It just went into high gear."
Iran is a country with a young population. Much of that young population has embraced the modern world. They have cell phones and the internet. They want peace and modernity and democracy. Those goals aren't consistent with the goals of the ruling clerics in Iran. Keep in mind that those ruling clerics were the kids out on the streets protesting thirty years ago. Now, they are the targets of the protests from the current batch of young people. Their time did come, but it will soon be gone. It may not happen this year or next year, but it is just a matter of time now. There is too much political and demographic inertia pushing against them for their country to continue on its current path forever.
There's a memorable line from the movie Backdraft that applies particularly well to Iran's outmoded mullahs. Someone should whisper this into Supreme Leader Ayatollah Khomeini's ear:
"You see that flash of light in the corner of your eye? That's your career dissipation light. It just went into high gear."
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