As for the original question, it seems to be clear that the US does not have the men and materiel to mount an invasion.

The nation of Iran is quite large and rich, full of young people who quite openly long for modernity, but under the thumb of reactionary mullahs and irresponsible leaders such as Ahmedinajab. It has been the tactic of some of these leaders to foment a fear of America, and Israel, so as to unify the population, much the same tactic as Hitler utilized in post WWI Germany.

In the meantime, the regime which holds sway by means of Mullah administered fitness judgements instead of democratic means, has persecuted religious minorities, homosexuals, and mishandled the economy even worse than the leaders of the United States.

I think the US administration is mostly aware of this, and mostly able to suspend kneejerk reactions to the kind of baiting that has come out of the sorry leadership of Iran: statements that the Holocaust did not happen, that the Jews of Israel should be relocated to Europe, (kind of ignoring all the Jews who were thrown out of their Middle Eastern homes), and of course, the Holocaust Cartoon Competition.

Even the dimmest of dim bulbs, saving only a few who've chosen to appear in this thread, are aware of this.


Iran's population is ripe for the modern age.
Iran has plenty of reason to go secular if left to its own devices.
Iran is not Arab.

So calm yourselves down and go rent a DVD of "300"