The U.S. and Iran have a long history of aggression and deceit, but both countries desire to take down ISIS in Iraq and Syria. Can they mend their strained relationship to team up and defeat...
========== Stopping the Militant group ISIS in Syria
and Iraq would benefit both the US and Iran. And there is a lot of speculation about how
or if that could work. For example, the US could use airstrikes against ISIS targets
to make way for ground attacks by Iranian troops. Or the US could simply provide aid,
information and international support, while Iran does most of the military work on their
own. All of which are reasonable plans… if the US and Iran can trust each other. The
question is: given the history between these two countries...can they? Well, these two nations have a long and complicated
history full of poor decisions and bad blood on both sides. For starters, in 1953 the US,
in conjunction with the UK, organized a coup in Iran. This replaced Iran’...