Yukon Cornelius said:
You've listed reason why to do it but you should know basic demographics to plan the outfall of overthrowing a government.
Yeah, but it's not Cruz's job to plan the overthrow. He needs to know the high points and whether they are correct: Does the regime in control of Iran have hostile intent against us and Israel? Do they have the means to act upon that intent? Is there something we can do to eliminate that threat that Israel cannot do, or must do at a significantly elevated risk because they do not have the means that we do to carry out the mission?
Knowing the exact population of Iran, or the percentage of Sunni to Shia, or the preferred national meals are not variables that figure into decision making of the above.
That's the out. If we act, we don't do so for the purposes of regime change. We do so to eliminate a specific threat... ie. offensive nuclear capability.