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Charlie Hebdo of France vs. the Iran's Ayatollah

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Submitted by Robert (United States), Jan 12, 2023 at 10:26

Reality can be stranger than fiction, and is often less predictable. Nevertheless, we are required to anticipate the political future. It seems that a substantial majority has finally been provoked in opposing the Theocracy of Iran. France is now considering designating the Iranian Revolutionary Guard Corp. (IRGC) to be a terrorist organization, a position to which Iran strongly objects.

It appears that Ayatollah Khameini's status as close to the Prophet is being contested long distance, and effectively, judging by the regime's reaction.

And when (not if) Iran falls, Israel will have a new Secular (but Shia) friend in the Middle East.

We no longer live in a world which is not Globalized. Russia seems doomed to defeat in Ukraine. What effect this will have on its strategic role on Syria is very hard to predict.

And then there's Brazil, which moved to the Left from the pro-Israel Right under former President
Jair Bolsonaro. But will he return to office as PM Benjamin Netanyahu has? And what about our Donald Trump - will he return to office as President?

It seems that the trajectory is for Iran to become a Secular Republic, if the faculty of reason (in the long run) is a factor in the minds of men and woman, be they Iranians.

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Title Commenter Date Thread
1Charlie Hebdo of France vs. the Iran's Ayatollah [213 words]RobertJan 12, 2023 10:26290922
updated questions, Blinken "cannot support two allies at once" [856 words]DavidDec 27, 2022 21:43290283
United Arab Republic (1958-1971) [294 words]RobertJan 8, 2023 16:37290283
(Re Nasser etc.) Islamic themes throughout Arab nationalists [29 words]NirJan 11, 2023 03:46290283
Not to be fogotten - Muhammad was an Arab [71 words]RobertJan 11, 2023 14:25290283
The conflict was always the combined bigotry: Ethnic Arab racism and Islamist intolerance [63 words]NirJan 12, 2023 03:53290283
Non-Arab Muslim Ottoman Empire [188 words]RobertJan 12, 2023 13:21290283
Comment #1 re Ottomans [19 words]NirJan 12, 2023 18:37290283
2Muslims must understand that no land is inherently Islamic [92 words]PrashantJan 12, 2023 22:50290283
1Let us accelerate Islam's collapse under the weight of its own contradiction. [480 words]PrashantJan 14, 2023 23:05290283
Russia and Iran vs. Israel (and Ukraine)? [400 words]DavidDec 22, 2022 19:27290005
160 Years to removal of Ahmad Shukeiri from the UN post after endorsing Neo-Nazis [1299 words]NirDec 22, 2022 12:00289990
leading where? [80 words]mythDec 15, 2022 17:51289747
Before 1979, under the Shah, to what extent, if any, did Sharia (Law) apply? [91 words]RobertDec 16, 2022 18:52289747
National Council of Resistance of Iran & the former Shah's Son [224 words]RobertDec 14, 2022 17:53289703
we'll see [548 words]DavidDec 14, 2022 15:34289699
Prediction: Russia will intervene in Iran [170 words]DaveDec 14, 2022 13:39289696
prediction: in Syria [140 words]DavidDec 15, 2022 23:42289696
1There are leaders available [136 words]MalcolmDec 14, 2022 10:31289691

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