Iran is one of the most securely democratic Countries in the world, and certainly the Middle East. Not my words, but those of ex Tory leader Michael Howard. He said this to say that it is not just dictatorships that we should wage war with.
On the latter point George Bush seems to be uncomfortable. In his opinion it is the leaders of Countries who oppose democracy that should be punished. ie Uzbekistan, Egypt, Pakistan, Saudi Arabia, etc.
Iran is very quickly becoming more progressive. The Persians seem to make better films than the Yanks nowadays, and certainelly have a better, fairer health sevice and education system. The stoning to death of homosexual men is still rife, but not as much as it was in the 80s. Waging war with this country would put this back centurys. It will also create a worse situation for womens rights groups, as it has done in Iraq. And it seems that Iran gives it's illegal terrorists illfitting suits and chocolates, whilst the yanks give non convicted Islamists orange boiler suits shackles, piss on them, and kick many of them half to death.
Who wins?
