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9 minutes ago, Macklemore said:

Anything like that would be better than the current system.

I would like to agree with that.

But I've seen enough transitions manage to find that shittacular path of "from bad to worse" that I will remain nervous about any Iranian governmental transition for a decade or so.

If the secret police dragging you out of your home are the IRGC or SAVAK, doesn't much matter to the guy getting dragged away.

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58 minutes ago, horn_of_the_morning said:

Credit where it's due I guess.

35 minutes ago, Brisketexan said:

But I've seen enough transitions manage to find that shittacular path of "from bad to worse"

You mean like al-Sharaa in Syria? That's not working out too well lately either.

26 minutes ago, twosheds said:

You mean like al-Sharaa in Syria? That's not working out too well lately either.

It's both not working out great....and probably working out about as well as (or better than) any of the other realistic options. I actually think that, all things considered, the transition is working reasonably well.

In realpolitik world, the best choice is quite often the "least bad" option. You can't grade a country like Syria, with its recent history, challenging neighbor relations, etc., with, say, Canada. Syria has a recent history of brutal dictatorial alawite/clan government, active violent islamism within its borders, and a quite hostile neighbor in Israel that doesn't look to be cutting the new government much slack or providing much patience. Not many new governments would create a paradise on earth in the single year they've held power in those circumstances.

Will it ultimately work out "well" for Syria? That's a relative concept. So, we'll see. At present, it could be going better. But it also could be going MUCH worse.

Iran has a different history and different challenges, as well as different strengths. There is just always the danger of the zeal of revolution creating a new set of similar problems that the previous zealous revolution created. If Iran ends up with a regime that represses with a different flavor of repression, and/or is incapable of the blocking and tackling of government and economic/resource management, then....will things really be that improved? At the end of the day, governments need to do the basics like keeping the wheels of commerce moving, providing basic services (water, power, etc.), and some measure of stability with respect to all those things. Shit, it's why the cartels have some local credibility in some areas of Mexico. You gotta handle those things first.

But let's not get ahead of ourselves. We've seen this hopeful dance before in Iran. This time sure looks different. But then, I suspect many of the same people said "this time sure looks different" the last couple of times the people took to the streets (and they were right....it just wasn't enough).

Burned some more government buildings in Tehran, also government cut internet access down to less than 1% of the populace.

Evil Dead Ash GIF

So....seems the internet shutdown has throttle actual news coming out of Iran? Any legit updates?

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