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[entity345]

The Iran regime largely owes its very existence to the way the West (particularly UK and US) behaved towards the country.

Do they think that hitting even harder will have any result?

[oriol11 → entity345]

I became an islamist terrorist state because they forced me to.

[ric2b → oriol11]

Or maybe all the leaders that weren't awful were forced out.

[oblio → oriol11]

Umm... if "they" wreck your life completely, you might be tempted to. Go read up Iran's history in the 20th century.

[entity345 → oriol11]

Foreign intrusion produced a reaction towards a nationalist and traditionalist government.

It seems no lesson were learned since...