It's fucking nuts. Even the American propagandists who work Middle East foreign policy will tell you: Iran is only a moderately strong player in the region who just happens to know how to play their hand very effectively. They're pretty even keeled when considering what they're up against.
Not singing their praises or anything. They're just not these religious zealot savages who crave blood (we reserve those countries as allies).
They’d be a very strong regional power if they weren’t devastated by sanctions for the past 40 years. But because of the sanctions they have become a very resourceful and efficient player in terms of the regional geopolitics, as well as a very internally cohesive one because sanctions don’t turn people against regimes, they unite behind them against an exterior enemy.
It's fucking nuts. Even the American propagandists who work Middle East foreign policy will tell you: Iran is only a moderately strong player in the region who just happens to know how to play their hand very effectively. They're pretty even keeled when considering what they're up against.
Not singing their praises or anything. They're just not these religious zealot savages who crave blood (we reserve those countries as allies).
They’d be a very strong regional power if they weren’t devastated by sanctions for the past 40 years. But because of the sanctions they have become a very resourceful and efficient player in terms of the regional geopolitics, as well as a very internally cohesive one because sanctions don’t turn people against regimes, they unite behind them against an exterior enemy.