In the Soviet Union, after World War II, the government awarded mothers that gave birth to many babies. It was called the Order of Maternal Glory. The higher the number of babies, the higher the class of the award. The war was won on the back of the Russians, who had lost about 11 million soldiers in winning the war. Mother Russia wanted more Russians. They had a population collapse problem to deal with.

I remember a similar speech I had the chance of watching here in Houston. The speech was delivered by a former CIA and NSA chief named Michael Hayden. In his typical Cold War driven mentality, he made the case that Russia today also suffered from a similar population problem and that Russia was again running out of Russians.

Well, Israel has the same problem but not many talk about it. One of the ways Israel can collapse is also through population collapse. And that is where Iran comes into this equation. Iran is........

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