I didn’t mean to come across as argumentative. It’s certainly the case that the religious rhetoric of Ahmenijahd indicates that HE, and probably his key ayatolla-backers, believe the End is near. But I don’t think that’s nearly all of the equation. They still have to get the ‘mandarins’ — the people that actually run things — to go along. I believe those people are just coasting. Waiting for an opportunity to exercise political power.
China had the same problem. Mao, as a political force, was spent by 1970, or so. But nobody dared rock the boat, and nothing much happened economically, either.
Mandarins, huh? I like MS too :)
I dont pretend to know who the civil servants of iran are... all i know is that is one messed up society, in ways that Mao never had to deal with i’m sure. Islam is the religion of death there is no rationality to it. I’m sure the folks in China are way above that.