I agree with sanctions, but its wishful thinking that Iran is about to collapse. Cant wait for it to happen, but they have been under sanctions for decades, as has NK. Both despotic regimes are still there. Both abuse their own people and export terror or provide arms to terrorists.
Normally I am a glass half full guy, but regarding Iran being on the brink of collapse, I'm going to bet it will only happen with catastrophic military defeat in response to one of their foolish attacks. Otherwise, so far their own people haven't figured out how to overthrow the regime yet.
I respectfully disagree. It has been reported the proxy’s of Iran (Hamas, Hezbollah) have been crippled in their ability to conduct terrorist activities due to the economic sanctions that have been placed on Iran.
It is true the regime has managed to keep the populace under control for now, but remember the Shah had his “secret police” too and he was overthrown. I think we are rapidly approaching the same tipping point with the Mullah’s.
From what I understand, the currency of Iran is pretty close to worthless, the regime is not doing anything to alleviate the suffering of it’s people. The Mullah’s are still living large and while not perfect, there is some Western influence creeping into the country that shows young people there is a better way than strict Sharia law.
Again,if you take away a reason for the people to suffer,(America, the Great Satan) then who becomes the bad guy?
You can only ask the population to suffer for only so long before they rebel. Let’s hope it is sooner rather than later.