Considering modern Iran is exactly what it is today because Jimmah Carter so benevolently helped the Soviet Communists overthrow the Anglophile Westernist Shah.
No troops, no "advisors," no weapons, no protection, no cash, sit back and watch the enemy kill and pauperize themselves wile we build the wall, pay down the debt and strengthen the dollar.
Jimmy Carter arguably kicked off the modern Islamic resurgence by that action. Note I don’t say “extremist”. There is only Islam.