[Falcon76]

Perhaps if there are enough mullahs involved than there could be a form of "democracy" (If the mullahs were independent of each other) One positive thought(I like you am very skeptical) is 70 years ago one would have thought that neither Germany or Japan would have a democratic like government but after their crushing defeats they got the idea

[badbass]

Yes, Germany and Japan were successful. We do seem to have some trouble with their descendents exporting leftwing "hooey" to some extent, at least we don't have to fight them. I see Turkey as the only example of an Islamic society that seems to work to some extent. Maybe there is some hope for the democracy to work. Islam is by definition so anti-independent thought, that it's hard to imagine it coexisting with democracy to any great extent. From what little I know, Attaturk seems to have come up with a sort of separation of mosque and state that is workable.