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In reply to the discussion: If Bibi and TSF "take out" Ayatollah Khomeini and his government in Iran, [View all]haele
(14,467 posts)The reason there's a religious theocracy running Iran in the first place was that the Shah was a brutal dictator who didn't just force the majority of Iran's population into a peasantry by destroying labor unions and democracy under his "anti-Communist" agendas, and his secret police still went after "favored" or privileged intellectuals and businesses. The Shah was a Fascist.
The Revolutionary Guard and their use of torture and execution as a method of enforcing compliance to a regime came directly out of SAVAK's playbook.
The Iranian people were sold a bill of goods from Ayatollah Khomani when he persuaded them his interpretation of Islam would save them from the corrupt excesses of the Shah.
But an Autocrat is always an Autocrat, and the Ayatollah never promised Democracy or a thriving Middle Class, because his vision of Islam had no use for either. The Iranian people in general want Democracy, the ability to have personal autonomy and a chance to succeed if they take the risks, as well as the stability to live fairly comfortably and work within their capabilities, and with a safety net to help them through old age needed.
Neither Netenyahu and *rump/Project 2025, nor Putin and the rest of the Arab Cartel, are going to allow the Iranian people the dignity to determine their own government. They all want Iran to be an client oil supplier.
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