Yeah, no. The Iranians had a front row seat on what happened when the Americans ‘freed’ the Iraqis.
I spoke to a younger Iranian once who ran an electronic store in Tehran about the very same thing.
I asked him if they wanted (at that time) G.W. Bush to come in and free them, Iraq style. He took a moment to think, then said, before the Iraqi invasion, yes definitely. After, the invasion, not so much. But also, that he definitely hated the Mullahs.
If you ask older Iranians, they all overwhelmingly want that to happen. So might just be an age divide thing.
Though they do worry about what you’ve mentioned, most Iranians I’ve talked to currently are “willing to risk it”, as they are sick and tired of the Mullahs at this point.
I spoke to a younger Iranian once who ran an electronic store in Tehran about the very same thing.
I asked him if they wanted (at that time) G.W. Bush to come in and free them, Iraq style. He took a moment to think, then said, before the Iraqi invasion, yes definitely. After, the invasion, not so much. But also, that he definitely hated the Mullahs.
If you ask older Iranians, they all overwhelmingly want that to happen. So might just be an age divide thing.
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Exactly, they might not like the current regime but they also don’t want America to step into Iran.
They don’t want to become an Iraq or an Afghanistan.
Even the old folk would start to resent the Americans once they start seeing their homes blown to pieces.
The mess an American invasion of Iran would make would just play into Iranian propaganda.
Though they do worry about what you’ve mentioned, most Iranians I’ve talked to currently are “willing to risk it”, as they are sick and tired of the Mullahs at this point.
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