Reply #32: Admittedly, Iran doesn't want to invade any country, except for maybe Bahrain. [View All]

[Little Tich]

Its national mythos is however molded in the crucible of war with Iraq. Armed and unregulated conflict is seen as legitimate for a number of causes, like protecting fellow shias from oppression or keeping the revolution going. This is where most of the world see Iran's attempts at helping shias as aiding terrorism rather than resistance. Also, Iranian weapons tend to end up in the hands of those who shouldn't have them.

Btw, Hezbollah in Lebanon would almost qualify as a puppet dictatorship.