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Comment by Tangurena2

4 hours ago

> a friendly Iranian government

That will take hundreds of years to accomplish. No Iranian has forgotten Operation Ajax in 1953[0] - overthrowing the lawfully elected government of Iran and replacing it with a dictator[1].

> In the current state of the world, USA interests and global economic interests are becoming increasingly decoupled

This is entirely due to Trump constantly "ripping up" previous agreements and treaties. It has become obvious to all observers that the US can no longer be trusted to act in the interests of any other nation. For their own survival, they have to become independent of US economic and political interests.

Notes:

0 - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1953_Iranian_coup_d%27%C3%A9ta...

1 - The book The Persian Puzzle explains much of the history behind why the US/Iran relationships have always been and will always be terrible. https://www.amazon.com/Persian-Puzzle-Conflict-Between-Ameri...