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To: neverdem
Amir Taheri is a good read as always. I think there is however a difference between what Iranians want and what they can. Wanting Khomeinism to be gone is one thing, having the capabilities to remove is another thing.

Short of an armed insurrection, either through outside help (not going to happen under Obama) or ideally the Army staging a coup (which likely will trigger a civil war with the Guards), the entire regime won't go away with a wimper. Short of a miracle. I think the most promising prospect would be an Army coup hand-in-hand with civilian riots, protests and strikes.

6 posted on 07/28/2009 4:45:25 AM PDT by SolidWood (Sarah Palin: "Only dead fish go with the flow!")
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To: SolidWood
A full fledged strike brings things to a halt quickly.

It is pretty darn difficult to force people to work productively in technical jobs. They can't all be supervised and sabotage is often easy under those circumstances. The real issue is do they really have a commanding majority. If they do, then it is really only a matter of organization and will.

9 posted on 07/28/2009 5:18:52 AM PDT by DB
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