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Originally Posted by Enigma
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I can see Iran for what it is - a country full of nutters who are about to get nukes, and that really scares me.
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As far as the government and Irans extremist community, this is true. However, by all accounts, the younger generation is almost pro western, and pretty disgruntled about the government in Iran, too. Theres an amazing contrast between the generations in Iran. Koppel did a very interesting program from Iran last year that portrayed this very well.... |
Really, it's the total religious devide in the country that shows the difference, not nessecarely the age/generation. A friend of mine got back from Iran last year, and nearly all of the Persian (oldies and the children) populace are either afraid or angered by the government, while the Arab populace is more slanted twoards the Government (Anti-West Arabs). I've said it a million times, and here's once more: Persians hate Arabs. Arabs hate Persians. Arabs have control over the Persians at this moment, further inflaming the hatred between the two groups.
The friend also indicated that the Arab populace was much more violent, from muggings to kidnappings.
In all, if you were to attempt a war with Iran, siding with the Persians and then (somehow) instigating a revolution will cause the country to collapse on itself.