[Mad Dawg]

Hmm. Quietist Islam... These guys we might could work with. But still there’s a certain sense of “You made your bed, buddy, and we’re not sure we can get you out of it.”

[BarbaricGrandeur]

But still there’s a certain sense of “You made your bed, buddy, and we’re not sure we can get you out of it.”

They didn't make it all alone. A combination of Communist cold-war realpolitik and the political whining of the populist left here against a reform minded anti-fundamentalist ruler gave the world the Islamic Revolution in Iran.