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To: Sedohr Nod who wrote (6747)	7/30/2007 6:04:16 PM
From: DuckTapeSunroof	Respond to of 25737

Re: "Here's a list. I find their increased anti-shipping capabilities and interests worth noting." The most interesting thing that I note is that their commitment to a socialist economy, with massive under-investment in industrial infrastructure (refineries, etc.), and their hugely expensive gasoline subsidies to the hoi-poloi, means that they are failing (and national power is fading) FAST.... Combine the disaster of an economic policy (complete with 'Soviet style' Five Year Plans and all.... :-) with one of the YOUNGEST national population demographics in the world (ensuring a whole lot of under-employed youths unhappy with the Theocrats running everything) --- and you have a situation where it's practically inevitable that the government will not last all that long, ceuterus paribus. Practically the only thing that could extend the reign of this highly unpopular government (even more unpopular then Bush :-) would be attack or involvement by foreigners that the Mullahs could use as a rallying cry to nationalism.... (Actually --- were the Mullahs to get bogged down in a civil war in Iraq with the Saudi / Sunni opposition --- it would be an open question just WHICH corrupt government would fall first... the Persian or the Saudi.)