by the Shahanshah can we restore the Sassanid Empire

I don't think most Iranians give a shit about that.

They're all pretty westernized.

All we need is Trump to welcome Iran with open arms.

I mean I have an Iranian in my family and he's very western

he fled Iran because he almsot got executed for drinking alcohol and listening to rock

Yea, I know some Iranians that left for similar reasons. lol

but I dont think welcoming Iran with open arms will help

all it will do is embolden them

not to mention that by doing that you piss off the saudis

Fuck the Saudis

Like I said, Iran would be a better ally.

no, you can't de-radicalize Iran

both are a dictatorship/theocracy

unless extreme force is used

The US chose the wrong Islamic sect as friends.

imo just supporting neither is the best

opening a country and expecting the western influence to modernize them, has been proven not to work

or just wait until saudi arabia ruins the oil market and they descent into poverty

Yea, i agree with that. If supporting neither was the choice, that would be best.

You can "reeducate" islamists

youve got north korea, Russia, China, Emirates, etc examples of it not working

None of those countries leadership really allows it though.

you can reeducate a single muslim, you can't make a regime to change its autoritarian ways, without use of extreme force

Irans leader ship wouldnt either

they hate the west

so do msot iranians

they few who dont either left or pretend they hate the wets to not get executed

If you think about it

the only time, a country was completely changed

was Japan after the 2 A bombs

Westernization and Freemarkets are hard to avoid, but obviously without the leadership stepping down, you won't get 100% of the benefits. You'll have situations like China that benefits from free market as long as everyone pretends that China isn't what China is. We're getting there, though.

hehe

Freedom bombs.

the Trauma completely redefined its identity

That or maybe the US rebuilding japan.

@Ryoma Nagare and after they were ruled by an american

and having a permanent base.

i mean surely after something like that rebuilding is to be exected

You think Germany or the Soviets would have rebuilt what they nuked?

I just say that an A bomb in Iran, wouldn't be the worst thing, if you could live with the cost of human life.