[headsonpikes]

This is one of his better efforts, imo.

It's an intriguing hypothesis.

[tkathy]

Mistreatment and suppression of women is one of the characteristics of a failed society.

[2banana]

Wow - good article.

[headsonpikes]

Apparently, the Mullah's Teheran is chock-a-block with hookers - I did not know that!

[siunevada]

Very interesting article.

Nothing is more threadbare than the claim of Islamists to defend Muslim womanhood. Islamist radicals (like the penny-a-marriage mullahs of Iran) are the world's most prolific pimps. The same networks that move female flesh across borders also provide illegal passage for jihadis, and the proceeds of human trafficking often support Islamist terrorists.

[voletti]

IF the hypothesis is true, then the current sad situation certain minority communities within the US find themselves in would suggest another lemming movement of sorts. The Rap=crap industry regularly promotes pimps and hoes so shamlessly, the treatment of women in those communities, the high prvalence of abortion there etc are all disturbing trends, IMO.

[tcostell]

Absolutely! A very thoughtful piece... great cocktail party banter.

[justshutupandtakeit]

I have never heard that the population growth rate for Iran is falling. CIA has it growing at 1.1% per year which is faster than the US.

[Ajnin]

Russia collapsed without a single shot fired

Actually many shots were fired in proxy wars from Africa to SE Asia. Fom what I have read Amercians and the Ruskies had direct contact in the skies over the Korean peninsula and in Afghanistan.

[Zack Nguyen]

As always Spngler is thought-provoking. But I have not entirely bought into his central premise - that collapsing birthrates are driving the reckless behavior of Iran and its mullahs. A knowledge of future national death has not driven Europe to recklessness, even though a few countries have passed the statistical point of no return. Rather Europe seems to be becoming somnambulant in its old age.

[M1Tanker]

This could be why Iran is so intent on immediate global war with everyone. They only have another 20 years of population support before losing their military aged males. Add to this the millions of anti-regime Iranians who are waiting for a crack in Akmed's new empire so they can throw him down the well. Add to this that Iran's economy is collapsing while it focuses on "super weapons" that usually do not exist (and cost huge ammounts of money). Add to this a world that is leaving Iran behind.

Pretty rosy in the long run. In the short run, however, it is terrifying. Iran is a wounded, dying animal which is backing itself into a corner. It could have been the richest, most prosperous country in the Middle East, but chose the path of destruction and totalitarianism.

Nothing is more dangerous than a cornered, wounded, rabid animal. Even if that animal is itself solely responsible for being cornered, wounded, and rabid.

[Bloody Sam Roberts]

"By Spengler's Universal Law of Gender Parity ..."

Dr. Egon Spengler?

[OldCorps]

Who is Spengler? Why no first name.

[bordergal]

Women are also immolating themselves in Afghanistan-something like 700 this year. When you have conditions where young women burn themselves alive on a regular basis, your society isn't doing so well.