Actually it was called the Iran-Contra Affair.

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When a country has an authoritarian system in place the country is capable of doing terrible things that are against the will of the people of the country.

Nations with elective leadership are just as capable of doing terrible things that are against the will of the people....... It's not like the war in Iran has been popular with either conservatives or liberals in America.

Since ww2 US major military conflicts have resulted in 3.5-4 million direct civilian deaths, and that total is multiplied several times including indirect deaths. Can you think of a modern authoritarian regime with the same body count during the same period?

No one is trying to claim that the Iranian government is "good", just that the reasons America chose to invade the country are not morally or legally justified, and that it hasn't been done with the intent to better the lives of the average Iranian citizen.

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