I am not particularly worried about Saudis or other Muslim Arab nation desires. I speak from my desire for free Iran. Our pussyfooting around this issue might cost the world dearly because Persians are the brains of the ME and nothing like Syria or Egypt or…, I fear Iranians are succumbing to mullahs pressures and persuasions and a partnership is forming. Periodic surveys are indicating shifts in Iran’s populous. Today’s mullah has more supporters than the one last month!
"a partnership is forming"
Between whom?
I don't want to see a nuclear armed Iran either, but remember that Iranian power, while antagonistic to the west and supportive of Hezbollah, is somewhat welcomed by the Israelis (yup the same ones that may becomed threatened by a nuke armed Iran) as a counterforce against Arab hegemony in the region. Its not all cut and dried there... But clearly its the mullahs that want the bomb, to blackmail the U.S. and to destroy Israel. The mullahs are threatened by the Jewish state, however any reasonable regime in Iran, regardless of its actual relations, are in the interest of the Israelis, because by them dealing with the Arab powers and competing for who controls the destiny of Islam, they both are not coming together to go after Israel.
In the end, I think we need to act to curtail Iranian nuclear ambitions, because a democratic regime would likely respect world opinion and be counted on to be believed, but the mullahs don't care about lying to the west. We already control their eastern and western borders. Lets take out the mullahs and dismantle the nukes...
Islamism makes strange bedfellows ... Iranians are not Arabs. Perhaps the religion of pieces causes some rational people to become irrational. Our history with Iran is not something to be proud of, what with our support of Pahlavi and his murderous dictatorship. It must be hard for the world at large to comprehend that the current political power in America is radically different from what has come before. Or is it?