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Originally Posted by Ethersync
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This documentary goes into some detail about how the Bush administration's insistence on regime change totally fucked up relations with Iran (even further) when they had a moderate pro-west president (the guy before the current nut Ahmadinejad). Iran was extremely helpful to us post 9/11. Most people do not realize that Iran and the US have a common enemy in the Taliban and Iran provided us with all their intelligence on the Taliban at a time when we had no information at all. They also helped us team up with the Northern Alliance to fight the Taliban and showed us where to bomb Taliban strongholds. As a thank you Bush then labeled them as part of the "Axis of Evil". Even after this they even offered help in dealing with Saddam Hussein and Iraq hoping to repeat the successful partnership they had with us in Afghanistan to which Bush basically said, "piss off". Also, immediately after 9/11 Iran officially criticized the terrorists who attacked us and 1 million Iranians hit the streets and held a candlelight vigil in support of the US.