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October 6, 2016

Ayatollah Khamenei’s Revealing Interpretation of World War II

The good guys lost.

On September 18, the Iranian supreme leader gave a speech to officers of the Revolutionary Guard Corps arguing that investment in the military must take precedence over allocating funds toward economic development. He then cited the example of Germany and Japan, both of which, after suffering from a crushing and humiliating defeat in 1945, were forced by the victorious Allies to disarm. Eran Lerman comments:

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