The Real Reason the U.S. Hit Iran.

Why is the U.S. fighting Iran when they’re thousands of miles apart? The answer isn’t just Israel. It starts with Iran’s 1979 Islamic Revolution, a regime built to export its ideology, and a proxy network stretching from Lebanon to Yemen. Add the Sunni-Shia rivalry, Gulf state security, the nuclear question, and a missile defense numbers game, and the current escalation becomes clearer.

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