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Originally posted by CET
That is exactly what I would expect. WMDs or no, the US had a long standing beef with Iraq. I can't think of much of any beef the US has with Iran.
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There was this thing called the Iran Hostage Crisis. That was preceded by the overthrow of our puppet the Shah by Islamist fundamentalists under Ayatollah Khomeini. Which was preceded by our "regime change" overthrowing Mossadeq when his government voted to nationalize oil. And the whole reason we supported Saddam in the first place was to use him against the Iranians. So we've had a beef with Iran long before we had a beef with Iraq. Amazing how history repeats itself. If we found a reason to invade Iraq, you can bet the neocons can find a reason to invade Iran.