Baloney. Please present facts to support contention that the Government is "on the verge of collapse."
To the contrary, they are consolidating power.
The Mullahs will be sitting there, in power, long after you and I are dead, unless we take action to remove them by force.
Wanting the general populace there to overthrow the rule of the islamic government is a nice fantasy.
2. The Taliban-like crackdown by the government is directed at a populace that wasn't acting "Islamic enough."
3. This particular threat is proof in its own right: there's no sense to it except as something to take the Iran's populations minds off of...
4. There are reports of impending economic collapse (in an oil-rich country!), and cash flight among Iran's elite to avoid it.
5. I have no doubt that the US is working covertly to destabilize the Iranian government.
6. They can see what's happening in Iraq.
We'll see if you're right or I am. I think I'm closer than you are.