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> It is simple politics and history American was at war with Japan and Germany not to long before as well. Now we are best buddies. Things can change if the mo
by pstuart 11y ago
> It is simple politics and history
American was at war with Japan and Germany not to long before as well. Now we are best buddies. Things can change if the money's right.
- ptaipale 11y agoThere was a fairly complete turnaround in the politics of both Germany and Japan after they lost the Second World War, in case you didn't notice. The "money's right" came as a consequence of that.
- jacquesm 11y agoNothing rules out Iran having such a complete turnaround. Plenty of people there remember the days of the Shah, they also remember the days of the SAVAK. Neither of those solutions was 'all good' so at some point the people will say 'enough'. It can take a while.
- ptaipale 11y ago> Nothing rules out Iran having such a complete turnaround. The purpose of the Guardian Council [0] is precisely to prevent such a turnaround. [0] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Guardian_Council https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Guardian_Council
- jacquesm 11y agoThat sort of thing will be their downfall, it won't prevent much of anything other than maybe temporary.