Iran is a proxy for larger and other interests. Noice all the camps that are opposed to getting tough on Iran (doomsayers), including a significant part of Congress.
Same game going on with Korea. Deep state has offices in every country. National/political boundaries are tools to a larger objective.
:: tools to a larger objective ::
I recall telling my wife, when Schwartzenegger was elected:
Just remember what happened the LAST time an Austrian was elected to a position of leadership!
But...political Islam existed long before Columbus came to the new world.
IMHO and boy is it humble... Radical/political Islamic states and groups are in it for themselves and are not proxies, but teamed up with Clowns and what not. Using each other, each thing they will the Only One when the dust settles.