I do not think so. Sometimes sanctions hit a painful nerve and the revolt begins and others see it and start to resist too.
*** I wonder if the Iranian rebellion has been incited. ***
Seen on Twitter:
All of a sudden US policy hawks love, absolutely love, the Iranian people. It’s a true Christmas miracle!
And maybe even the mullahs are subject to Strauss and Howe’s Fourth Turning.
I don’t know if they found some basic truth or not, but I believe they are right that the world in ten years or so will be completely different than it has been for the last eighty years.