Decius wrote:

As the United States and Iran are locked in a battle for power and influence across the Middle East—with the fear of an Iranian nuclear weapon looming in the background—FRONTLINE gains unprecedented access to Iranian hard-liners shaping government policy, including parliament leader Hamid Reza Hajibabaei, National Security Council member Mohammad Jafari and state newspaper editor Hossein Shariatmadari.

Frontline continues to be worth the hour. This report paints a damning picture of defeat snatched from the jaws of victory in US/Iranian relations mostly due to incompetence. Watch it online.

This is a great example of why the US is in the predicament it is relative to world events. It has a 50+ year history of abandoning foreign leaders just when they need the US's support the most. For sure, diplomacy is a high stakes game with absolutely no allegiance and less integrity than a bunch of thieves, but when you have a long track record of screwing people over, it's not hard to see why they hate you and want to see you destroyed.