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Originally Posted by soopaman2
The only casus belli Iran could impose to Russia, is economical, mainly European oil supply. IMHO of course. Russia has been pretty evil with putting the squeeze on its neighbors. Interrupting gas and oil flows over disputes with ex satellite nations.
I honestly do not even understand why "we" even have a dispute with Iran, outside of butthurt over Jimmy Carters cowardice in letting our friend the shah fall.
They do not harm America honestly. Sure they bruise our ego with stupid diplomatic crap, but we are America, and they still stone people to death.
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It goes deeper than you've mentioned, but we're in it mostly to protect Europe, Israel, and Saudi Arabia, who would be more in danger with a nuclear Iran. We also wouldn't put it past them to hand off a nuke to terrorist groups that want to hit us.
Iran has killed American servicemen through their proxy Hezbollah, and they spend a lot of time looking for a fight with the US. They've made it clear they want to be in charge of the middle east, which makes the Saudis nervous, which makes oil prices nervous, which makes us nervous. The United States (and western civilization in general for that matter) benefit directly from a stable, mostly status quo world, especially in the Middle East. Iran is a direct threat to that stability, which makes them a threat to Western prosperity.