I’ve said it for years on here, this Islamic or Islamist mess in the ME started in Iran in 1978-79. Once Khomeini managed to seize power in Iran, it emboldened other Islamists to follow suit or try to. It is gradually getting worse.
I don’t think anyone can argue that. The Shah had the second most prosperous country in the world at the time. Sure they had their problems, but the country flourished with writers, doctors, engineers etc.
THen thanks to that sob Jimmy Carter, he was left alone.
We have the same short sighted pos in the WH now who couldn’t leave a modicum of troops there to keep the peace.