One is right to be careful about another state collapsing, after the failures of Irak, Syria, Lybia, etc.... However, I also think the Iranian situation (and u

One is right to be careful about another state collapsing, after the failures of Irak, Syria, Lybia, etc.... However, I also think the Iranian situation (and unlike many commenters I know Iran, have been there many times, and more) is different because there already is a quite successful diaspora of Iranians ready to take back control of the country. Iranians have managed to somehow maintain a decent amount of infrastructure despite the sanctions and the general adversity (they did not become Cuba). There is an inherent vitality within the Iranian people which makes me very confident that once the islamists are rooted out, their country will spring back to being a working economy thanks to its intellectually very capable people and its diaspora.