[marktwain]

BHO ignored them and let the old Iran regime clamp down and neutralize the problem.

President Obama has pushed to make Iran a "regional superpower" in the Middle East for as long as I could tell.

Probably because he loved the "death to America" chants...

[Gaffer]

Could be. He certainly was more interested in ‘controlling’ the current old-ways regime than supporting a complete regime change.