Reply #5: Iran is an old civilization society with a strong national identity and

[Skidmore]

it has weathered invasion after invasion over the centuries with its core culture intact. Even Islam had to adapt to the Persian people, who changed it in very fundamental ways. I highly doubt that Iran will cease to exist because you seem hell bent the idea that our President would start a war of aggression rather than bring the peoples of Iran to the table. Persians invented the game of chess and President Obama knows how to play chess.