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 Originally Posted by poop
That might be part of it, the pressure from their allies to be dicks. But, by and large the US wants to be able to trade with Iran, to invest in it and make money.
Again, this is simplistic. Iran has the third largest proven oil reserves on the planet, so yeah USA will have an interest in trade with Iran. However, there's no hurry. USA are allied to a nation with even more oil... Saudi Arabia. And they are attempting to put into place a puppet government in the nation with the largest reserves... Venezuela. Maybe the idea is to stifle Iran's economic output so there is more oil for them to come for when Saudi Arabia and Venezuela are drying up.
Then, when the Shah was losing popularity and looked like he was on his way out, they backed the Ayatollah, because he promised them he'd install a democracy. Then once he got into power he flipped them off. It was the ultimate troll.
I doubt America care about the Sunni and Shia (I can't say that without without of Sunny and Cher) situation. But they will have an overall strategy, and for whatever reason, that involves squeezing the balls of Iran. Obama, for whatever reason, decided he wanted better relations with Iran. Trump came along and said nah, Saudi Arabia and Israel are my allies.
Like I say, Middle Eastern geopolitics is way beyond my comprehension. I have no idea what game they're playing. I just think that USA are winning.
As it's always been. I'm not saying they are doing it for a fact. I'd be surprised if they weren't trying to foment insurrection though.
There's probably low level infiltration in every country on the planet. America certainly have interests here in the UK. And no doubt we have interests there. They were concerned about a Corbyn government here, I assume they were worried how it might impact on our NATO commitments and foreign policy. Funnily enough, that's the only appeal Labour really have to me, because I don't like our foreign policy. I'd prefer us to be neutral, but if we are going to be active in geopolitical matters, then I'm glad we're allied to USA.
There's been a lot of protests in Iran in the last decade, revolutionary spirit is pretty strong from the Iranians I've talked to. Of course, now that Trump has assassinated one of their leaders they have a bigger enemy they'll be more interested in fighting against.
Trump just assassinated the very person who was crushing that revolutionary spirit. I'm unconvinced that the Iranian people who want a change in government are angry with Trump about this. Quite the opposite, in fact.
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