How can you claim that Iran interferes in other nations' and ignore the support of other nations by the USA? The standoff between the USA and Iran is simple. When the late Shah of Iran was spending billions of dollars buying ... read full comment
How can you claim that Iran interferes in other nations' and ignore the support of other nations by the USA? The standoff between the USA and Iran is simple. When the late Shah of Iran was spending billions of dollars buying US military weapons annually, Iran was the toast of town in the USA. But once the Shah was forced out of office by a revolt, the USA lost its annual sales in billions of dollars to Iran. And it didn't help that the Ayatollah and his fellow clerics resented the USA for supporting a hated Shah over the years by arming the Shah's government to rule Iran with an iron hand. Furthermore, the USA and Iran are at opposite sides when it comes the Israeli-Palestinian conflict, with the USA pouring billions of dollars and sophisticated military weapons to Israel while Iran openly backs the Palestinian cause for statehood.
How can you claim that Iran interferes in other nations' and ignore the support of other nations by the USA? The standoff between the USA and Iran is simple. When the late Shah of Iran was spending billions of dollars buying ...
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