[FITZ]

I think you're wrong, even the clerics have been divided, the more freedom tolerating clerics still have support of the people, I think there could be a fairly peaceful transition once they get the hard-liners out.

[Lonesome in Massachussets]

I hope I am wrong. When I was in school in the 70's there were about 25 Iranians in our dormitory, one or two of whom were OK. In general they were the biggest bunch of jerks I ever met in my life. They have no respect for the rights of others, no understanding of the notion of rule of law or of limited government.