1126 Iran

Iran wants to develop nuclear power: why should they even have to ask us? They don't owe us anything: we didn't defeat them in war, and they didn't fly airplanes into buildings, Saudi Arabia did that. Other, worse nations like Pakistan, who harbored Bin Laden, and N. Korea already have The Bomb. The U.S., who invaded & destroyed Iraq for similar made-up reasons, is an unprovoked bully towards Iran: casting them as the instigating villain behind every “terrorist” incident in the Middle East, even the world. The deep-seated hatred of the U.S. towards Iran came about in the late 1970s; before that Iran was America’s puppet-nation in the Middle East, but when they cast off the strings, America never forgot. It’s not even that Iran changed sides, they just became about themselves. However, lingering embarrassments are not enough to explain America’s constant antagonism, which is certainly at the behest of Israel. Why? Is only speculation, especially in this era when America doesn’t even have a coherent foreign policy.