The unpredictability of revolutions is a lesson that never makes much of an impression on leaders who think that they can manipulate history through force, maintains Charles Kurzman, associate professor of sociology at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.

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The unpredictability of revolutions is a lesson that never makes much of an impression on leaders who think that they can manipulate history through force, maintains Charles Kurzman, associate professor of sociology at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Since the U.S. seems to be planning a long-term military presence in Iraq, recalling the unpopularity of American military personnel in neighboring Iran a...