....”The Middle East for all its intrigues is like a Abbott and Costello act. These mullahs got nothing on Laurel and Hardy.”....
You have that right.....,even those educated in the Eu or here and are intelligent fold completely when it comes to their Islamic teachings and what the Mullahs demand of them. It can be no other way for those who take Islam seriously....otherwise they will die one way or another.
Islam will always trump intelligence of a people every time....that is the nature of evil.
>>>”The Middle East for all its intrigues is like a Abbott and Costello act.”<<<
>>>”even those educated in the Eu or here and are intelligent fold completely when it comes to their Islamic teachings and what the Mullahs demand of them. It can be no other way for those who take Islam seriously”<<<
The “Middle East” is a big place, involves many countries and people.
For Iranians (even muslim ones) specifically, the most notable & visible anti-Shah & pro-Khomeini demonstrations (to begin with and outside Iran), came from ex-pat Iranians in the U.S.; many sent to the U.S. on scholarship paid by the Shah’s govt.
Since then, more than several prominent pro-khomeini, pro-revolution Iranians have been disillusioned. The revolution killing and exiling its own, at one time, diehard proponents.
Islam now plays a secondary role for at least 50% of Iranians (my guesstimate). Two other key factors remain. One is money and the second is fear. And the Iranian mullahs are very good at using both as leverage with Iranians.