Michael Theodoulou writing for the Christian Science Monitor on 'Crude' US rhetoric could boost Iran's hard-liners:
There is an unpleasant sense of deja vu in Tehran. In 2001, Iran helped the US oust the Taliban in Afghanistan. But not long thereafter, it was lumped into President Bush's "axis of evil" with Iraq and North Korea for allegedly pursuing nuclear weapons and sponsoring terrorism.
Tehran then remained neutral in the Iraq war, but welcomed Saddam Hussein's overthrow and sealed its border to prevent the escape of senior Iraqi officials.
Even so, increasingly hostile rhetoric emerged from Washington, with the Pentagon talking of covert efforts to "destabilize" the Islamic Republic in the hope of igniting a popular uprising.
This shit is clearly out of control. How much longer will this Administration be allowed to continue picking global fights before someone on Capitol Hill says the "i" word?
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