I agree. Don't know how many hardliners are still around from when we intruded in very unwelcome ways, but interfering there seems to be a thing like Russia interfering with our elections.
So much as a statement of support from Trump could actually do more harm than good.
Of course, I'm not an expert, and I hope Trump is listening to experts. Trump's bombastic nature might actually help here, in that his saying something would be viewed less interference than a careful comment by Obama - because they KNOW it wasn't careful.
1. Besides spending $100K on FB ads (which were just about evenly divided between Pro-Trump and Pro-Hillary), what exactly did Russia do to "Interfere" with our election ??
2. Commenting on protests is NOT anywhere near the same as "interfering with an election", in fact there is NO election pending in Iran.
3. No, it can't hurt to merely comment on it.
4. "Today's experts are tomorrow's aholes". All the "experts" predicted Hillary would win in a laugher. Trump has proven to be highly effective because he has not listened to experts. He has taken advice and counsel and then more often then not done the right thing. Not the "popular" or "But we've always done it that way", but the RIGHT (in both meanings of the word) way.
5. The mullahs hate us. What are they going to do, hate us more ??
6. They Iranian economy is in shambles, even after we lifted sanctions. IF somehow we were to bring Iran back into the semi-civiliized nations, think about how they would stop (or maybe just decrease) funding of terrorist groups. (ISIS, Hezbollah, etc). Perhaps, some agreement with the Saudis. Instead of the current Persian Gulf hostility (reducing the need for US Forces in the region). And perhaps the abandonment of the Nuke program.
7. Ignoring them in 2009 worked oh so well....
I would advise Trump and Tillerson to roll the dice. Our relationship can't get any worse.
