in 1953 and replaced Mohammad Mosaddegh (again, democratically elected) with the Shah who brutalized the Iranian populace but was our puppet. And they’re still mad we supported Saddam Hussein in the 8-year long Iran/Iraq War where Iraq was the aggressor who invaded Iran and used chemical and biological weapons against Iran. They’re also mad about economic sanctions that cripple their economy. But aside from that, what has the US ever done to deserve their hatred?

I met quite a few Iranians in UAE. While their government may be anti western, individual Iranians are well educated and very pro western. That said, that General we just smoked was very popular because he was viewed as someone standing up for his country. By the way, I’m not pro-Iranian, I just think we should get the hell out of the Middle East. With the air strikes yesterday, we began our fifth decade of bombing Iraq. I guess once we kill the last person who opposes our presence there, we can bring our troops home.