Mhm.
If Iran did what Russia did, it'd get bombed by 50 countries, but because Russia is a major nuclear power, no one dares touch it.
It's not just about that. In addition to what you said, the west put Russia on the corner, intentionally left no choice for Putin to invade Ukraine, not what Putin wants, that's why he's doing such a lousy job/, acts hesitant/bewildered at leading the war. Reasons are related to the current global economic issues, the need for a new war/reset, like early 200's after dot com bubble burst or the Vietnam war, so on, as well as wanting to justify to freeze/steal 600B dollars of Russian oligarchs wealth in Europe/UK/US, basically stealing what oligarchs/Putin have looted from Russian people.
In the case of Iran, the west is concerned about Iran dreaming about expansionism, basically cutting into their share in the middle east. The west also has similar concerns regarding Turkey/China, but these two countries, don't/cannot act similar to Iran, because of their ties to the west.
It's not about Netanyahu or Trump. The fact is that Iran, although not nearly as large/powerful as Russia, is too large and ambitious for the middle east. No matter of who's ruling in Iran, it will remain a big issue for the west either as an immediate threat (having a hostile government in Iran) or a potential threat (having a friendly government in Iran). Iran has only two options: 1. accepting to be divided into multiple LiLiPut countries, 2. sizing itself up by having a strong deterrence, which you know what it is. Iran will be pushed to the corner so much that it finally chooses one of these two options.And that's exactly my point. Iran was doing nothing wrong when we were punished harshly. Iran was cut off from the international economy only because Netanyahu asked Trump to do it and Trump went for it. Our politicians should look at these events very carefully and realize what deterrence and power mean. Fooling ourselves with wishful thinking and pretending that nuclear weapons are not necessary because they're too pussy to build them is not going to help.
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