By Ted Belman, IsraPundit

Is the US conflict with Iran over nuclear weapons or hegemony?

Conclusion
The trouble is that the US is against the growth of Irans’s power and prestige. Can the US cut a deal with Iran that is a win win. This would involve allowing Iran to develope its power and influence as a partner and ally of the US. The US would need to get Iran to stop its support of terrorism and instability in Lebanon, Syria and Iraq in exchange for allowing the growth of its influence in the east. The problem is that the US doesn’t want China and Pakistan to be strengthened by access to cheap and reliable energy. Is it too high a price to pay or will the US prefer instability all over rather than stability.

That’s why the US is threatening and talking to Iran. Iran is a threat to the US not because it wants nuclear weapons but because it has the potential to seriously undermine US hegemony in the ME and the Far East.

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