>more liberal populace, they have the Ayatollah but also have
>a parliament and some other semblance of a checks and balance
>system, and they even have provisions for gays to live
>peacefully
>most of the riff was agenda shit from existing allies (SA,
>israel)
>
>other part of iran getting more friendly with US is it could
>help us deal with the sunni extremists in the proxy war(s)
>it's much easier to arm shiite opposition groups in yemen,
>syria, and iraq if you dead (or minimize) the evil america
>narrative by having relations with the country supplying them
>with dough and weapons

Sadly, I've heard multiple people (whom many consider to be authorities in business and/or politics) equate Iran with ISIS, which is so egregiously uninformed and ignorant that it discounts anything else that person has to say about the MidEast.

I agree that we have more in common with Iran than Saudi Arabia - particularly with the people. 70% of Iranian population is under 35 years old, and they are lightyears more progressive than the Ayatollah simps who are holding on to a decaying, archaic system. If we can hold off this regime for another 10-15 years, they will be cycled out and a new governing class will modernize and improve upon Iranian society. You can't say the same thing about Saudi Arabia or even Israel's youth. The House of Saud is one of the most corrupt dictatorships on Earth, and their brand of extremism is responsible for more terrorism (by proxy) than Iran, yet never called out on it like Iran.


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