I have asked this before and never quite received a satisfactory answer.
In the great Islamic civil war between Sunni Arabs and Persian Shia, why does the US take the Sunni Arab side?
The Iranians are an educated people, who allow a degree of freedom of religion as well as allowing women a degree of freedom. Iran’s people are on the whole western in their outlook.
Furthermore Iran has not launched a terrorist attack (to the best of my knowledge) against the US in a quarter of a century.
The Sunni Arabs on the other hand are backward, intolerant head choppers who finance and support the worst extremes of Islamist horrors, they oppress ruthlessly other religions and women and most importantly organised and carried out the attack on 9/11.
So why on earth does the US back the Sunni Arabs, most notably that dreadful desert kingdom Saudi Arabia, against the Iranians and the Shiites?
Is it something to do with Israel?
Its the spice baby. You cannot travel the universe without spice. (Dune reference). Actually, it was done to support the US petrol dollar. The blood flowing through the heart of the beast.