Iran, Russia: Election Holding Non Democracies

ayatullah khamenei (Photo credit: Wikipedia)

A country can hold elections and still not be a democracy. Iran and Russia are good examples.

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Why Iran Is Nervous

Iran (Persia) with Black, Caspian and Arabian seas around (Photo credit: Wikipedia)

Think of Iran as a chair. You take Assad out of the picture and now the chair has only three legs. Is the chair nervous at the prospect?

Assad is worth taking out with or without chemical weapons. The chair ending up with three legs is a good thing for what the Iranian regime did in 2009 to its own people.

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