...With the 2003 invasion of Iraq and overthrow of the Saddam Hussein regime, the U.S. unwittingly set in motion developments that may be propelling Iran to regional-superpower status.
Saddam's Iraq was the bulwark blocking Iran's strategic access to the rest of the Middle East. But with Saddam and the old Sunni-dominated Iraqi state and army gone, Iran's influence spread.
...Iran is undoubtedly a problem for the Arab world. It might even be the biggest single external problem. But the internal problems remain the greater challenge.
Much of the Arab world would be a mess with or without the Iranian revolution that happened 40 years ago.
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