War with Iran, will the UK help

[OrphanPip]

Well it's kind of hard to not understand why the US is not very popular with Iran. First of all, they backed the Shah's dictatorship for several years, until he was ousted by the Ayatollah. Then the US provided weapons and financial support to Iraq's botched invasion of the weakened post-revolution Iran, which also possibly included illegal chemical weapons (at the very least the US used its security council position to block UN condemnation of Iraqi war crimes) which were used on Iranian soldiers. This happened in the 80s, so there are plenty of Iranians left hanging around who remember being on the receiving end of US interference.

Another thing that baffles me about the GOP anti-Iran rhetoric is the tie in with Israeli security. Iran is no where near Israel, so it's not like they pose an imminent security risk. They are also often made out to be belligerent and militaristic, despite having the lowest defence spending in the Mid-East (they spend less of their GDP on weapons than the US too).

Of course, there are grounds for objecting to the spread of nuclear technology, it provides political leverage to those who possess it, which is of course why Iran wants it. The more aggressive the West acts towards Iran, in imposing sanctions and drumming up the potential for war, the more precarious Iran's position in the world becomes. If Iran feels threatened, it will seek out nuclear weapons more so than ever before.