The Shah was fine for the most part. I don't like SAVAK or him overthrowing the leftist Prime Minister or his actions against communists and leftists, but at least he tried to greatly secularize his country and was one of the most progressive leaders ever in the Middle East. Plus his daugher was hot.
Meanwhile al-Jaafari is just a Shiite creep from a Shiite party with connections to an Iranian-born theocratic cleric who will probably take Iraq down the path of theocracy.
Ah. Nobody cares about atrocities or secret police or anything...it's just that one guy is slightly less religious than the other guy. This is something I'd expect out of opebo, not out of you.
Say what you will about Sistani...but the Shah did much more to bring Iran to theocracy (of course, that wasn't the outcome he wanted) than Jaafari ever will.
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