> Sadjadpour went on to argue that the question the U.S. needs to be asking is: "Is there a viable strategy in which we could, instead of further uniting these

> Sadjadpour went on to argue that the question the U.S. needs to be asking is: "Is there a viable strategy in which we could, instead of further uniting these countries against us, is there a strategy that could potentially create divisions between them?" Not really. All these countries are uniting against us now because of the same behavior he's suggesting we double down on. > He continued: "Because China, Russia, Iran and North Korea are very different regimes. Iran is a theocracy, [Russian President] Vladimir Putin has probably killed more Muslims than most world leaders and China has obviously persecuted their own Muslim minority. Now is not the time for U.S. to be grandstanding to anyone else about persecution of Muslims.