I was reading this article.
http://www.breitbart.com/article.php...show_article=1
It basically says that the iranian people are up in arms because of a crackdown on clothing and headscarves worn/not worn by women.
I think everyone agrees that Iran is controlled by the mullahs and the pres is a puppet for them.
Up until now Iran and iraq have been the major power in the middle east. The US was only in and around Saudi. Now, with afganistan and iraq, it seems the US is nearly surrounding Iran. That can't make them too happy.
That said there have been theories that the people of iran have not been happy with their government.
OK That said, we now know that 2/3rds of the 70 million iranians are under 30 years of age. Thats 46 million 30 or under
Inflation is at a 24% pace and unemployment is at 11%. Mich Rich may be able to comment more on that but it doesn't sound good and it sounds as if it is getting worse.
Could it be that that the US is in position to help any overthrow of the iranian government attempted by the people? The relationship that was iran/iraq was a bad one and for years country unity was held together in defense of each country.That relationship no longer exists, so its (irans) government has to find another issue to keep the people together and their chest thumping against the US may be their attempt to creat the issue and unite the country against the US. I don't think its working based on what I read in the article. Now Iran seems to be sending alot of its weapons and military operatives to iraq, and while there are attacks, we are picking them off one by one. While we are there iran has to stay busy doing what their doing, meanwhile the country is going down the tubes and the youth of the country is cleraly more westernized than the mullahs.
I really believe that with a little forsight history will see the US position as the correct one. Only time will tell, but I think a few politicians need to be looking forward. Anyway I thought it was an interesting theory.