12:05AM
The revolution in Iran focuses on the big picture
Thursday, July 22, 2010 at 12:05AM 
Tehran's latest morality crackdown, according to this NYT piece, focuses on acceptable haircuts, which, according to this chart, all seem right out of 1950s America.
The morality crackdown is a bit harsher this year, but it all strikes me as the usual pathetic attempt to dictate the dumbest little bits of everyday life-- a revolution that's dead when it comes to ideas and vision but has plenty of stupid-ass rules. Oh so Brehznevian.
The public really hates this sort of stuff, which is why Ahmadinejad routinely claims it's not his fault and distances himself from this crap.
Reader Comments (2)
No mullets for you!
The USG should employ Frank Luntz and task him with convincing Iran and other route step States that the path to relative prosperity lies in cooperation with the United States.
In Barnett parlance, they need to join the core States and they will be better off.
This should not be too difficult as recent historic facts bare this out, in spades.
Much better approach than sending the fleet.
Then again, the gods themselves may not be able to prevail against haircut-centered regimes.