It also possibly was a good strategy at one point. Does Jesse realize Iran was viewed as a bigger threat at the time?
That's a good point. People like Jackson don't understand that in order to stop a greater evil, one must sometimes work with some very nasty people in the world. That doesn't mean we approve of them or like them; we just have to deal with them. Stalin against the Nazis, Hussein against Iran and Pinochet against the Communists are a few that come to mind.