[GonzoGOP]

As things continue to deteriorate and the people become more angry and desperate, they’ll be more likely to welcome outside intervention

They may not welcome it, they are after all Persians. Persians tend to hold their society as being superior to everyone else, and would never openly admit to needing help from anyone. But they would certainly take advantage of a situation where the barracks and armories of the secret police vanished under a hail of cruise missiles or say the leadership was decapitated by a couple of well placed JDAMs.

[nuconvert]

“Persians tend to hold their society as being superior to everyone else, and would never openly admit to needing help from anyone.”

That doesn’t quite jive with the “when is Bush going to come and save us” sentiment after we invaded Iraq. Yes, that was a frequently heard phrase in Tehran (along with similar ones)