The greatest threat posed by Iran is not its development of nuclear weapons. It is a vital concern. But it is secondary to Iran’s active, aggressive, and long-term strategy of seizing influence in the region by whatever means necessary. For three and a half decades, Iran has systematically supported proxies — from Hezbollah to the Assad regime to the Houthis in Yemen and Shiite militias and politicians in Iraq — that have been destabilizing the region or gaining direct control over important territories and peoples. That is a crucial thing to remember/bear in mind. The Iranians have a strategy. As of yet, there is no reason to assume we do and plenty of evidence to suggest we don’t. (As an aside, others have strategies that seem to be working better than ours, ranging from Assad’s strategy for survival, to the Islamic State’s and al Qaeda’s strategies for extending their reach and impact, to China’s strategy for gaining influence in a part of the world on which it is increasingly dependent for energy supplies and thus for its security.)
I agree with you. The thing is I have not a clue about how to stop that except to go with john mccain. in other words destroy it and we will not do that and I wouldn't want us to do that .. what I'm saying is we have to muddle through to another way .. just as we muddled away to get this far with this much progress.
I really do not want to talk about this too much as democrats here on ihub are not much interested .. just look at the boards? ... ;) not much to nada ... .. not happy mad sad or glad .... ... no discussion, no intricacies no nothing. not even a reason to even post the points that are there . well they are at whitehouse . gov . .and vox and other responsible places .. anyway... best to cut this one off ... hell this is my third post on Iran .. that's enough! .... .;)
