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In my opinion, the whole purpose and only purpose of attacking Iran would be to destroy its military infrastructure. I advocate destroying their radars, their air defense systems, their nuclear research and development facilities, their air force, their ships, their ammunition storage areas, their weapons plants, their secret police buildings, and as much of their tanks and artillery pieces. This would be a prolonged air/sea campaign that would be unrelenting until Iran's capacity to support terror or to develop nuclear weapons is shattered. But regime change, while highly desirable, in this case would be up to the Iranian people. With the Iranian people presently either cowed or docile, they can either seek to change their country after the air campaign or they can continue to live in the squalor the mad mullahs have brought them to.

I agree that the main and stated goal of the Air war against the terrorist regime in Iran is mainly to destroy their nuclear sites and military infrastructures, however if the Iranian people decide to rise up taking advantage of the weakened regime tools of oppression, we should help the Iranian people in term of air support to destroy what ever left from the mullahs islamic army.

I have held the same opinion for a few years, in essence verbatim as you wrote. But we really cannot destroy their oil/gas infrastructure nor those closely related industries and transportation networks required to produce and sell their product to the world, unless the world is prepared to accept a large increase in oil derived products for some time.
It is possible as many of us have discussed over time, that if we where to do what you/I/others suggest, that the people might finally revolt figuring what the heck, the Mullahs and the little man totally screwed them in not playing ball with the US.
Perhaps the day will come when we do pre-emp on them. I am sure some of us have intertained the idea of say a private communication to the effect ... Say like in Dirty Dozen... where a terse message is sent to Ahmadinaejah saying.... look you little bastard, if you don't stop playing games will kick your teeth out.
It could lead to some changes. But then. Would it turn out like Iraq, where the watch dogs where constantly outfoxed?
I sometimes think Putty is being a bitch of lately because he sees Russia may not end up making big bucks off Iran with all the oil/gas deals as far as future nuclear and the obviouse arms equiping.
And knows we just may go in and cream Iran one of these days soon. Anyone got a crystal ball handy.