Unlike Iraq and Afghanistan and many of the other countries there, Iran's leadership has shown itself to be coldly calculating above all else. They may be religious in nature but they are not the crazy zealots that we encountered in the Taliban. When they had a near revolution a few years ago they responded by first putting it down but later easing a lot of social restrictions and brutality. I do not approve of them in the least but they have shown a willingness to do the right thing if it is in their interests and I find that encouraging. A best case scenario has the Ayatollahs perform a gradual transfer of power to the secular authorities as the people who actually remember the revolution die out.
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Intelligent rebuttal, sorry for assuming you actually think about things.
Look, you can trust Iran and our government all you want, it's your business. But, going by the past, I don't trust either of them. I don't see how any good can come out of that region of the world. The Middle East hasn't been at peace in recorded history. We've been there, accomplished very little, spent astronomical amounts of money, and have lost many precious American lives. What signs do you see that would indicate anything is going to change?