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karynnj

(60,442 posts)

9. The echoes of 2003 are definitely there

Reply to gab13by13 (Original post)

Fri Jun 20, 2025, 01:31 PM

Jun 20

The neo con dream that regime change in one country could lead to a successful democracy that would lead to a reset of the troubled MiddleEast never made sense.

Iran is even tougher. It is bigger than Iraq, more homogeneous, and unlike many countries in the Middleeast, it has a distinct culture that even people who hate the ayatollah hold dear.