A fundamental assumption of the Obama administration is that the Islamic Republic of Iran is a normal state, just like any other. The passions of the Islamic Revolution are a thing of the past. And, that may certainly be true for the vast majority of Iranians, just as the vast majority of Russians, Ukrainians, and other subject people had given up on communism long before the Soviet Union fell.Obama, however, is dead wrong about the character of the Iranian leadership. The Islamic Revolution has never really ended. Historians estimate that a full 10% of the Iranian people participated in the …read more
Source: American Enterprise Institute for Public Policy Research