(02-08-2017, 09:17 PM)RandomGuy199 Wrote: I wish everything was so easy. With Israel not giving a shit about the Palestinians and being perfectly fine with subjecting them to eternal occupation, the perpetual hate between Saudi Arabia and Iran (and Sunnis and Shia in general), and the fact that most of those countries are ruled by petty tyrants who don't want to give up power, I don't see that happening any time soon.

I think that the right path for the Middle East is secular democracy. In a bunch of places around the world, Catholics and Protestants live amongst each other, not seeking to kill the other. If the CIA and MI6 didn't overthrow Mohammad Mosaddegh (a grave error), Iran would probably have been a secular democracy. Maybe, people wouldn't be on the streets of Tehran yelling, "Death to America! Death to Israel!" Of course, that all did happen. Then, they pursued nuclear weapons. The last President of the United States to set foot in Iran was Jimmy Carter in 1978. It's obvious that Trump won't visit. We need leaders that are willing to put aside their differences, so we can reconcile our relationship. You know, the United States and the United Kingdom's relationship got off on the wrong foot and the latter burned down the White House, but we have formed a Special Relationship that has lasted since the First World War. Could the U.S. and Iran be the best of friends? Probably not. But we don't have to be enemies.