Why Is Iran our "enemy."

[yellowwoodII]

I heard someone on television today refer to Iran as our "enemy." The moderator didn't contradict him.
For a few golden years there with Obama I thought that Iran and we had reached a peaceful relationship.

Now we are "enemies" again. Why?

My greatest fear with this administration is that its policies will push us into conflict again. Why are we letting this happen?

[Gidney N Cloyd]

1. Because we chose to be friends with the Saudis.

[ck4829]

2. Meanwhile Russia and Iran are allies

And Russia is supposed to be our BFF or something now.

Going to lead down an interesting road, that's all I know.

[Wellstone ruled]

3. Standard Oil made that call when

their corporate appointed Ruler was deposed by a National uprising brought about by Austerity and Secret Killings.

[malaise]

5. That simple

[Scurrilous]

4. Republicans love this guy's act:

[shockey80]

6. Their government is our enemy.

The people of Iran are not our enemy.

[Adrahil]

7. It's a long story...

Obama had de-escalated things, but not really resolved them. For a long time (and maybe STILL), Iran wanted to establish itself as the dominant power in the Middle East. They have the destruction of Israel as an existential goal, and they then there is the whole Sunni-Shiite thing.

The theocrats in Iran still hold up the U.S. as the "great Satan," even though for most of the regular folks, they just wanna get on with their lives.