The truth is that you are wrong.
As a superpower, (at least as nation with the claim to be a super power), you cant really let a region that is sitting on top of the 50% of whole worlds oil reserves to sort itself out. Resource independence only achievable, if triple, maybe even quadruple of your need to that resource is in your reach, from variety of sources.
You need to find a way to get the right alliances with the right people, and get things sorted out w/o getting any boots on the ground.
Imo, US foreign policy has the capability to do that. Iranian deal is a proof to that...
Well other than the Iranian deal is the worst deal I've ever seen. That just destabilized the region in ways you will have difficulty comprehending. In about 10 years you won't have much trouble understanding how stupid it was though. Russia + Iran = trouble.
Iran is not a slate. There is mullah siding with Russia, and there is progressives trying to get in the good terms with the west.
Seems like you dont know much about Iranian politics.
That's funny. You seem to actually believe Iran is interested in anything beyond being the sole power in the ME. You need to look back at history, to understand better what Persia is, or what your progressives are after.
Spend some time around shia Muslims. It'll be instructional. You'll understand who holds the power then.
And what do you base this judgement of yours?
That some persian king tried to conquer the world some thousands of years ago?
We should keep a close eye on the Italians too in that case![]()
I base it on decades of dealing with them.
I think your disconnect is you equate the way you think, with the way they think. It is assuredly not the same...unless you're a shia, or certain of the Sunni sects.