You do realize that Iran had a democracy and we went in and helped overthrow the government for a dictatorship. Once again, for oil. We helped create the monster that is the Iranian regime today. The Iranian population have been fighting for democracy again but are brutally and systematically put down. Thousands have died or disappeared. Thousands more are political prisoners. I've mentioned this before. The Iranian people want to live in peace. Unfortunately it's the Regime and the clerics that have all the weaponry and power.
Yeah, I do agree. Additionally, Iran hasn't been so innocent when we were in Iraq. They had their own little silent cells gaining intel and causing internal strife by supporting/financing Jaysh Al Mahdi (JAM) or shiite supporters against the U.S. and those in a political role in Iraq from the end of 2004 to at least 2007. Which makes sense to a degree as much as we have involved ourselves into their business, but it is funny how we rarely hear stories of their influence in Iraq when discussion of Iran comes up or in general how much support they truly did provide (mainly weapons and training for those against a sunni/kurdish dominated political leadership.
They actually had a multiple training camp for young JAM members inside Iraq along the Iraq/Iran border. Iran in my opinion isn't our greatest threat, but is a huge concern. I remember after returning from my 1st deployment from Iraq in 2003 how my superiors informed me that we can "shred the old maps on Iraq and North Korea, but just keep the Iran maps."
Just sounded odd to me as a military intel analyst at the time we would keep them, but not the Iraq maps even though we were still in Iraq?
I believe there is much more than what we see everyday and even behind the truth of Iran vs USA. It is also very sad how they treat their own people.
On another issue related to their Nuclear program, which caused us back in late 2008/ early 2009 to get really involved with their program was the trade of uranium conducted between North Korea and Iran. Though again, unfortunately, none of us know the full truth behind that either, but if such a thing is true I can see why that would be a concern after some of the other things over the past 40yrs that have taken place.
I need to get stoned! lol This topic isn't my favorite, but I will say important to me simply based on the time I invested this past decade serving in the military.
