[DoctorMichael]

C-Span's Sunday morning 'Washington Journal' show took a call from Iran a few weeks back. The caller kept interspersing his broken-English comments with the same phrase, "Please, come save us!". You could tell he meant it.

JMHO: The problem with a move on Iran is that, much like Iraq, you have a minority that can make things very messy if they want to, ie. the ~25% Sunni/Baathists and the ~75% Shiite/Kurds in Iraq versus the ~25% hardcore Mullah-followers versus the 75% of the Iranian population that would like a more modern system. Part of the hate of the ~25% hardcore Mullah-followers is for the West's collaboration with the Shah who kept these Millennial nutjobs in line during his rule. Like Pinochet, he was a 'strongman' that brought a level of calm to his country and like Pinochet he was betrayed. Too bad Carter allowed this horrific regime, thats killed more people that the Shah ever did, to take form.

I'm sure there are think-tanks and military planners going over every possible scenario both in the near- and long-term [like in Chess, 10 moves deep] of this mess.

[camas]

the only way to fight this war is to kill all the mullahs. the average moslem is OK. its those lazy mullahs that start the problems

[Aquinasfan]

Like Pinochet, he was a 'strongman' that brought a level of calm to his country and like Pinochet he was betrayed.

Yup. I remember it well. I hope the liberal whiners are happy now. But then I guess they've "moved on."