[MtnClimber]

owever, to be honest, when it comes to the Middle East, democracy does not work well for us. If we look at countries like Jordan, which is a kingdom, we see stability, but when democracy is attempted, as in Iraq, things go wrong because of the enormous presence of Islamists.

[sauropod]

Bkmk

[Verginius Rufus]

Iraq had a monarchy until 1958 when it was overthrown. I haven’t heard of any movement in Iraq to restore the monarchy. It was foreign anyway.

[The Great RJ]

The root of the problem is Islam. Iran is run as an Islamic theocracy based on 6th century tribalism. The repression, denigration of women, the dictatorship are all part of Islam. Look at Afghanistan where slavery has been legalized by its Islamic theocracy. Sooner or later the west must that Islam is not a religion but a repressive ideology incompatible with western values and civilization. If we fail western nations will be much like Iran.