Iran or Ireland? Spot the difference

I see photos of Middle-East rebels and am glad that our government is supporting them and that the Americans are bombing them...

In one of these countries, the banks, their senior employees and cronies in government have stolen so much money that there are few proper free-market jobs left and services are collapsing.

Poverty is increasing. Senior bureaucrats are paid so much for so little that they are refusing to reveal details of their income.