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Some rather naive and ill-informed posts here.

What Middle Eastern country (not counting Israel) was the ONLY one to fill their streets after 9/11 in support of the U.S.?

Yep......Iran.

Iranians aren't Arabs. They are Eurasian, and they are a wonderful, highly educated people. The majority of their country is under the age of 25 and are very, very pro-Western. The average Iranian wants close ties to the West; especially the U.S. Make no mistake.

No, I think this article is dead-on. The oppressive theocracy in Iran is endangered and they know it. There have been MASSIVE riots and demonstrations in Iran against them, not just some college students in Tehran as some poster here averred. Oh, a couple of these huge riots started after soccer games........but that was just an excuse. Next thing you know, hundreds of thousands across the country (millions?) filled the streets in often violent anti-cleric protests. This news was roundly ignored by the MSM, for God only knows what reasons. It is a fact.

They need to know we have their back......and the Iranians need to unseat these mullahs. I think it will happen, sooner rather than later, and I truly believe we will see an alliance and renewed friendship with Iran without our armed forces having to fire a shot if we play it right.

We may see in Iran something like what we saw in Panama 15 years ago. I was working for the Canal and one day someone stuck a note on the office bulletin board calling for the US military to remove Noriega. When I saw it I made a wise crack to the affect of 'why should Americans have to clean up someone else's mess'-- and a nearby Panamanian overheard me and came back at me with a very emotional opposing view. I found out later that his old man had been killed by the Norieagistas and he (as many others) had a very personal stake in the dispute.

So if we start hearing from more and more Iranians calling for the US to take out the Ayatollahs, we might want to oblige them.