Tehran’s Promise: The revolution’s midlife crisis and the nuclear deal

Re:Tehran’s Promise: The revolution’s midlife crisis and the... by tsotha on Saturday August 15, 2015 @01:02AM (#10064380)

It's not a stretch at all when it comes to nuclear weapons. The Iranians are doing exactly what the North Koreans did. The "people, culture, government, and history" are relevant only to the extent to which they played into the government's decision to acquire nuclear weapons.

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Re:Tehran’s Promise: The revolution’s midlife crisis and the... by Gibbon1 on Monday August 17, 2015 @04:15AM (#10071798)

For me a big difference between North Korea and Iran is the balance of soft vs hard power in those countries. In Iran the ordinary people tend to push back in a lot of ways and the government gives ground if grudgingly and slowly. And there is a lot of politics going on between factions with real power.

Given that I'm willing to be very patient. Seriously, the generals of the Red Army ran the soviet union for 35 years after Stalin died and then they passed on. So too will the Iranian revolutionaries.

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