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Presumably A) They don't want to play economic ball with Uncle Sam. B) The country can't be conquered by conventional means so can "act out" as much as they l
by swarnie_ 6y ago
Presumably
A) They don't want to play economic ball with Uncle Sam.
B) The country can't be conquered by conventional means so can "act out" as much as they like.
C) They aren't really that bad, US propaganda is just really, really effective.
- tester34 6y agoWhat do you mean? >B) The country can't be conquered by conventional means so can "act out" as much as they like.
- chefkoch 6y agoThe geography is really good to defend the country. It's not like iraq where you can drive your tank to the capital in 48 hours. Also they can easily close the street of hormus, shutting down the oil supply from the region.
- KMag 6y agoD) They refuse to recognize Israel's right to exist, and keep vowing to wipe it and its citizens off the map. Hopefully it's mostly rhetoric, but... E) Their Revolutionary Guard is extremely powerful politically. It's not clear the civilian government is capable of fully reigning in the Revolutionary Guard, and the Revolutionary Guard's political power is propped up by the prospect of war.