[FARS]

As a Regime Change in Iran, possibly a violent one by Western forces, looks ever more imminent, Reza Pahlavi, the son of the late-Shah is a contender to form a new regime or government.

A look at his father is part of a formula to assess how a monarchy might function and act as a catalyst unbrella under which other political partiss will be able to function without tearing each other or the country apart.

[FARS]

Ping

[nuconvert]

Good post.

[higgmeister]

Shakespeare had Mark Antony say, "The evil men do lives after them. The good is oft interred with their bones."

But that wasn't the end of the story then either.

It is troubling what was noted, that most of those alive in Iran don't remember the man on the Peacock Throne.

Jimmy Carter, I hope you are visited at night by The Shah, el Sadat, Begin, Reagan, and Adm. Rickover.

[humint]

A case study would support a theory that the value accorded to any given regime should be measured in light of its inevitable successor and the ability of the latter to improve conditions and ills of which they accused the predecessors. As they ask in American politics, are you better off now? Iranians would certainly say "no".

This is an erroneous conclusion formed from bad logic. The transition from despotism to anything else is an abandonment of the present. No one can predict the future which is precisely why revolutions occur. Therefore it is bogus to suggest the theocratic fascism we are witnessing now was the inevitable successor to the Pahlavi Dynasty. The Shah of Iran was a despot and such the 1979 revolution was legitimate. The results of that revolution were manipulated on many fronts, some of which are only coming to light today.

The pre79 Iranian Diaspora community has something to offer after the current Iranian government implodes but recognize, nostalgia is not the engine of change. Consider the tens of thousands who regularly protest for regime change in Europe! The US could very well miss a chance at allegiance and influence in future Iran if it continues to ignore that growing movement. This was a thought provoking post... Thanks for the ping.

[exdem2000]

Great Post.

Looking back now was their anything the Shah could have done to stop the revolution.