Even more so than Afghanistan, it's the one country where religious fanatics have actually been given the chance to take over, rule the country for two decades, and the people have had ample opportunty to take stock of their performance, and render their judgement - a resounding thumbs down for the mullahs from the Iranian public. That's perhaps why young people in Iran (who've known nothing much but the abuses and failures of the ayatollahs in their lifetimes) seem much more accepting of Western culture than the public in other, Arab middle-eastern countries.

Those in Egypt or Saudia Arabia who find the message of Al Queda appealling would do well to visit Iran and see how disillusioned the public becomes as the Islamic fervor runs its course and falls to earth like a spent shell...