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Obviously they couldn't since most of them were unarmed. That is part of the point I am making.
Civil unrest is what has taken over in most of the Islamic countries and has done pretty well at overturning regimes. Some with little blood shed, others, like Syria, with a heck of a lot of blood shed. Iran's Green Movement had a lot of blood shed, most of it on their side. We did nothing. Nothing. Even when they asked for it.
Let's examine the issues.
The governments that fell without bloodshed did so largely out of pressure by their allies. AKA, The West. The countries that engaged in civil wars are those who we do not have considerable pressure over. Iran would fall into the later section. Considering the strength of their military, we would have to do much of the fighting ourselves. Small arms will not take down the Iranian regime. And there is no way we are going to ship them TOW missiles, Stingers and other weapons. And let's remember that the Iranian military is largely loyal, there are no sects to divided like in Syria and the Elite Groups have no qualms with killing their own people.
I'm not up for another Middle East invasion and occupation. Are you?
Seems you and Apdst do not remember what Iraq was. Or what Afghanistan is.
Iran will make both of those a walk in the park.