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Originally Posted by SoonerCoug
My biggest problem with Iran is that 30% of the population can't read. Apparently that number is a vast improvement over what it was before Khomeini came into power (back when the US was propping up the Shah).
We all know that Iran promotes a fanatical version of Islam, and that there is lots of crazy rhetoric about destroying Israel and death to America. That kind of stuff is a game that the political and religious leaders play with their people in order to rally the people and maintain power. They focus discontent or even hatred on outsiders and thereby distract the people from domestic problems. Russia does the same thing. If the US is the enemy, then people will rally behind the government in power, despite all kinds of horrible domestic problems.
Granted, our domestic problems don't rival those of Iran or Russia, but does the US government ever play this very same game?
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You won't find any theocratic Islamic regime treating its people well. There will be separate segments treated well, but others equally as badly. Just look at the past wonderful regime of the Taliban, such a benevolent group. Because of the harsh oppression exerted by the theocratic dictatorship, which is Iran, their atrocities are not publicized.