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Originally Posted by Skybird
From Neal's link:
A shift. A strengthening of the one policy, a greater ignoring of the other policy.
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Says some guy from some Washington think tank that nobody ever heard of, it isn't the Gospel Skybird.
For example the article makes a lot of use of phrases like "may have" and "seems to" and figures that these changes in activity coincided with the change in administration. Well imo that is far too early for Trumps policies however volatile to be implemented let alone for them to cause a real change in Iran's activities as a result. It's a lot easier to stop a single tactic like poking the US Navy with small boats off their own coast than it is to set up foreign military campaigns.
If there are indeed increased levels of activity now, just 14 months into Trumps administration, it's because Obama took his foot off their necks half a decade ago not because the Iranians have suddenly become militarily capable overnight.
The fact is Iran has been supplying militant groups, messing around in Syria and elsewhere and generally stirring the Pot of Trouble to varying degrees for decades. It's nothing new, but I understand the desire to make the implication that it's all Trumps fault.