Iran, although repressive, has a semblance of self-determination in that all the protestors don't end up dead. Ever seen Iraqi students riot in the streets in the last 20 years? Umm, nope. Leave the Iranians to figure their own mess out, eventually the hardliners will go. Not a half bad people, and unlike the wahabbi arabs across the puddle they will usually overwhelmingly go for nationalism over radical islam. Syria ain't dumb either, they will curtail themselves for a good while in fear of a good ols fashioned whupping. The next stop is somewhere we've already been fighting a long time and that could have regional implications far worse than Iraq. Columbia, it is only going to get worse down there for us, we don't need to be there, but we will be in force I fear.