The overthrow of Ferdinand Marcos in the Philippines, in 1986, and the overthrow of the Shah of Iran, in 1979, were quite similar. Both families were overthrown by popular revolutions and went off into exile. At the time of their overthrow it was unimaginable that either family could ever return to power.
But now the son of Ferdinand Marcos has been elected as President of the Philippines. Far from being apologetic about the excesses of his father's rule, he is portraying it as a "golden age". So the next question is that, if the Marcos family can return to power then what about the Pahlavi family, the family of the last Shah of Iran?
I have an autographed portrait of Empress Farah, the widow of the Shah, on my wall.
Here is a link to the posting on this blog, "Remembering The Pahlavi Dynasty":
www.markmeeksideas.blogspot.com/2017/10/remembering-pahlavi-dynasty.html?m=0
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