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Born at the Crest of the Empire

Monday, October 29, 2007

If Iran benefits from high oil prices, isn't all the threatening rhetoric helping Iran?
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Good question. The New Yorker had an article over this very thing and concluded Iran gets million extra a day when the rhetoric comes rolling out.

By Russell, at 8:39 AM
It just strikes me as very counterproductive because that extra income is going to weapons and to programs that make the current government more popular.

By mikevotes, at 8:57 AM
there has been some good work done that suggests the reason that the iranian administration is popular at all is that it is standing up to a bellicose washington. on domestic policies they aren't popular at all.

i certainly wouldn't characterise people in iran having a fanatical devotion to ahmadinejad - in fact he is not the person who has the real power - he is a figurehead

By Anonymous, at 9:33 AM
Right and Right.

By mikevotes, at 1:32 PM