Either way, the most realistic scenario is a moderate Muslim government that is friendly to the west and western ideals. I don't see a Christian or secular government existing in a country that's 99% Muslim.
Shabbat is ending now. So I imagine CTR is just now turning on the TV,radio, or computer and
Yeah so here’s an ai overview, this is too out of date to expect to find articles about anymore but I present you with:
Unrelated, but my assessment of them being a colony of Bluesky users was correct when they began actually defending troons as being not so bad - vis-a-vis being a small percentage of the population and normies were seemingly tired of them being focused on.
ah yes
reinstating royal lineages in destabilized countries?
I'm curious what you know that gives you this impression. Because while Iran reported that the country was >99% Muslim/Islamic they leave out the part where not worshiping Islam is illegal and punishable by death. Independent groups have run open polls and find between 38-50% of the population don't identify with any religion or are atheist, which they'll never admit to the Iranian government. I believe part of the reason they wanted regime change was because they didn't want to live in a theocracy, specifically an Islamic one. So why would they install a new one right after toppling the one they hated? Why would they be burning down mosques now, if they want to return to this again? @Catch The Rainbow, thoughts on the chances of a secular government in Iran after the current regime is cleared out?
Their problem isn't the religious fundamentalism when historically them being a Shia center was tied to Persian/Iranian identity as distinct from Arab identity. Idk if you can really quantify a "moderate Muslim government that is friendly to the west and western ideals" beyond buzzwords tbh. Are you talking about a government like Syria? Egypt? Jordan? UAE? All the supposedly "secular" or "democratic" models in MENA all face huge issues with youth unemployment, population density, marriage traditions (dowry costs too much for young guys), etc.
I thought strict Islam prohibited idols? Why would a holy man order a statue of himself?
Maybe the name retrodogkiller is an allusion to the Islamic practice
The shah was very friendly to the west and especially the US. The extremist revolution in 79 is what changed everything with Iran.
Were they saying some trannies? or all of them? one is discernment, the other is madness
I'll double-check, it's probably several pages behind by now and I just was skimming to see what TES's thread was like. Basically, it was a generalized "why are we still focusing on them as a scapegoat? They're such a tiny population."
The thing is, if it were all in a vacuum and not connected to any other geopolitical engineering then great, whatever, let’s save some money and some lives.