while i get the point of your statement i find the implicit linkage of north korea and iran as insulting to my intelligence now as it was when george w debuted his “axis of evil” construct 20 years ago. north korea is barely a nation. indeed, if it weren’t for food aid mostly shipped in from china there wouldn’t be a there there. and as for iran, yes, they’ve been under pressure from the u.s. almost from the moment they shook off the bloody dictator mohammed reza shah pahlavi. despite the pressure of sanctions and attempted invasions by then u.s. puppet saddam hussein, despite attacks on their nuclear program both in real space and cyberspace by israel supported by the u.s, despite the u.s. under trump reneging on a nuclear agreement that had been closely negotiated, still iran has managed to maintain a government that is closer to true democracy than virtually any other country in the middle east region.
even implicitly tying those countries together is to give credence to the worst absurdities of the neocon wing of the death-cult.
don’t forget 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010, and 2011 with 4400 dead and 32,000 wounded.
