As opposed to rescuing investors who develop resources in a "host" country that then steals that investment and even cuts off shipments, while those same "investors" simultaneously use their tax-exempt "charitable" foundations to suppress development of competing resources in this country in the name of "environmental protection"???
"Stupidity" is in the eye of the beholder, and therefore a fuzzy line indeed.
I would consider investing in a country like Venezuela stupid. And I wouldn’t go hiking in Iraq. And I wouldn’t do the running of the bulls. You do any of those things and it’s a mistake and you can’t really blame anyone but yourself if you lose everything.
They got themselves into trouble. They got too close to the border. Even if they didn’t cross over, there have been stories for years of iranians crossing over to kidnap people. You don’t go up to the chained rabid dog. You find out the length of the chain, and stay double that length away from the dog.