Would that be the government composed of the people who would be throwing flowers at our feet as we invaded their country and took over their oilfields?
Very likely, after such a occupation whatever government was "legitimately elected" would be even more anti-American than the current crop of Mullahs, so we would be looking at an open-ended occupation of Iran. That is, at the difficulties of our current occupation of Iraq, squared.
"so we would be looking at an open-ended occupation of Iran"
Not of Iran, just their oil fields. THat is my WHOLE point. We can forgo a messy occupation and nation building type venture. We cut off their funds and destroy their nuke capabilities. They will no longer have funds to support terrorism. They will no longer have a military to suppress the populace.
True they would be more mad at us than the mullahs, but who cares?
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