You don’t need to be apologetic to me. You’ve been here a while yourself, and probably remember when people used to discuss ideas and opinions without hating those who disagree.
I know that Iran has been causing trouble for a while now. I do not like what they have become, but how much of that is our own fault? I am no liberal snowflake, but there is a point to be made that the U.S. likes to go around the world poking other countries in the chest and telling them what to do.
The system we have created has made it possible for people like Joe Biden to determine when Iran gets to use their own money. That doesn’t help the cause of peace at all, but makes it more elusive. People like Joe Biden, Ronald Reagan or even George Washington have no business making decisions like that for entire nations of people.
Then you have people on this forum who knee-jerk react because it was Joe Biden who released their money. My question is, “Why are we doing it this way?” How about a FAFO policy? If Iran is a sovereign nation, they should be left to their own devices. If they cause enough trouble to require intervention, that intervention should be swift and decisive. Intervention should be costly for both sides, lest we grow too fond of it.
Instead, we try to micromanage the entire world and wonder why we are hated virtually worldwide.
Thank you for your civil response. I see this differently than you do...I suspect this is an area we will not find “middle ground” on, but I hope we can agree to a difference of opinion.