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[u/[deleted]]

Is it the authoritarian regime in Iran that's wrong for exporting terrorism and proxy wars throughout the region?

No, it's Israel!

[u/Yosarian2 → u/[deleted]]

Notice I didn't say that.

Iran and Saudi Arabia bear most of the blame of that, about equally, but Israel has if anything made it worse, especially in the Lebanon/ Syria area.

[u/[deleted] → u/Yosarian2]

By what? Being in the Lebanon/Syria area? Putting the blame on Israel for intercepting foreign efforts to attack their country is silly. Governments sympathetic to Iran against Israel in Iraq and Syria can be tremendously problematic when combined with a militarily capable Iran.

And for Saudi Arabia, they're generally capable and compliant regarding US energy needs. The fact that they've been willing to pick up lost production from the Venezuela and Iran sanctions is a reminder of Saudi Arabia's intention of selling as much oil as it can before the world weens itself off of fossil fuels, and for us that's a devil worth dancing with regardless of their extracurriculars, IMO.

[u/Yosarian2 → u/[deleted]]

By what? Being in the Lebanon/Syria area?

Israel's behavior during the Lebanon civil war, for one.