UG, Iran is not a totalitarian regime. It isn't as democratic as the United States but it isn't even close to totalitarian.
Read up on it/
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Originally Posted by TheMercenary
But they will do what they have done since the late 70's and that is conduct their war actions through proxies. They also use provocative measures in an effort to elicit some form of action which will further serve their aims to bully their neighbors or the West.
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But how far will they go is the question? The US has used proxies with intents to run down countries as well but they have never given them nuclear weapons. Iran may be the same, or they could be different.
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Iran has always been in a push pull between moderates and radical elements since the revolution in ’79. That is a plus for us. We should foster the moderates and marginalize the extremists.
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Agreed, the Islamic revolution wasn't as extreme as many take it. The reason Iran united under Islam is because it was the only thing that they could be united under. The dictator in Iran from the 50’s to 70’s was very strict on what could happen and from what I have heard, the only place that rebellious ideas could be created were in mosques. Not everyone in Iran agreed with the ideas of the clergy, but they agreed it was better than what they currently had.
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I don't trust treaty actions with countries like Iran, Iraq, or any of the others, most are not worth the paper they are written on.
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I don't think they trust us either. It should be done for more symbolic reasons than anything.
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I think you miss typed when you said they import most of their oil, they export their oil and import their gasoline. They have only one refinery.
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You are right, that is what I meant.