[DIRTYSECRET]

With Trump in office the perfect storm opportunity is on its way. What works against us is Trump not being the one to start wars and this fella not being the answer. Is 45 years of this revolution now tiresome? Pavlavi doesn't want military action. Can't blame him but it may be up to Israel.

[dfwgator]

[DIRTYSECRET]

If Israel were to attack they would need our KC-135 tankers to assist.

Trump could put the screws to them and cut off their oil revenue by pressuring others to buy it somewhere else.

[If You Want It Fixed - Fix It]

Iran needs an unelected brutal ruler. Well, fake elected is fine.

Have it now, why change?

[libertylover]

Pavlavi doesn't want military action. Can't blame him but it may be up to Israel.

No, it's up to the Ayatollahs but I don't expect them to choose peace.

[lee martell]

This reminds me of the late “Baby Doc” Jean Claude Duvalier of Haiti. The Hatian dictator who was president of Haiti from 1971 till his overthrow in 1986. That was the end of the Duvalier regime.

[packagingguy]

Baby Shah, doo-doo, doo-doo, doo-doo

Baby Shah

[Vermont Lt]

Iran doesn’t need a Shah. It also doesn’t need the clowns who are in charge now.

Perhaps we let the Iranians figure it out for themselves.

[marron]

You can’t overthrow a well-entrenched dictatorship without the support of the people with the guns. Which means whatever comes next will also be a dictatorship, but you hope for a more rational one.

It’s arguable that Iran was far more free under the Shah and his Savak than it has ever been since or ever could be. It’s difficult to imagine a democracy in Iran or any Muslim country that doesn’t have a strong hand keeping the monsters at bay.

[Yardstick]

Surprised the son of the Shah would align himself with the IRGC, the military wing of the islamic forces that overthrew his father.