“Within two generations, the Iranian people will become an anchor of freedom for the middle east.”

TThe spectre of Shia Islam dominating the middle east will come crashing to a halt when organic regime change occurs in Iran. The Iranian people by and large are not interested in Shia Empire -- if anything, their interest is in factors the west finds highly congenial, and the political class in the "upper middle" stands to greatly benefit from the economic benefits of liberalizing Iranian politics.