What scares me the most is Iran's declining population. Child birth out there used to be almost 7 per woman. This is how they did the mass suicide attacks against Iraq forcing Saddam to resort to gas to stop them, lest he be over-run. Current child birth rate is 1.7 per woman - not enough to maintain the current population.
This gives rise to Iran's agressive tendencies as of late. Are they rattling sabre's in an act prior to war? Iran has the man power to mount an offensive in the gulf if it wants to. In the future, it is clear that they will be of limited capacity due to its aging population - faster than any other western country including Europe!
Just some thoughts. I expect soemthing out of them soon.
-S
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