Show of weakness

A heavy demographic midsection, a lack of thought leadership, and an questionable economy keep Iranian leaders up a night. This is without considering that thousands of Western troops are garrisoned in close proximity. As I have written before, erratic Iranian diplomacy is the result not of some perceived weakness of the West, but of desperation within the Revolutionary leadership.

To Newsweek and Time, the only revolution that sputters is the Reagan Revolution.