Iranians need to receive a message like the one that should have been sent to the German people in 1939: You are either part of the solution or you are part of the problem. You must take care of this government before we/others have to. When the missles fire and the tanks role it will be too late to discriminate between those in Iran who supported the regime and those who opposed it.
There are relatively few, but some do exist.
If anything it has become more radicalized.
A guy in our church is from Iran and he says there are many pro-western ordinary people over there. They dont like the dictatorship and long for freedom. There are also many underground Christian churches over there. We need to enlist the support of the countrymen if at all feasible logistically.
Question....what happens to the US economy if Arab/Muslim countries pull out of our markets????? Are there any that are likely to do so if we strike Iran? It seems like they only have China and Russia on their side, not the Arab world (maybe it's the old Persian bias...even though theyre Muslims, theyre not Arabs.
I have said and will continue to appeal that all out efforts on radio to the decent Iranian people be made day and night from Iraq and Afghanistan to understand that time is short and failure is not an option.
The costs will be high, but not nearly as high as they will be if they don't.