How the West was Lost

Contributing sentiments towards policy:

55% : I'll discuss Iran first.
47% : Westerners who visit relatives in Iran or go there for business, educational, or other reasons are often arrested on trumped-up charges and held hostage, either for ransom or political advantage.
38% : The new Iranian president, Ebrahim Raisi, has been nicknamed "the butcher of Tehran," because of his responsibility for the execution of thousands, possibly tens of thousands, of people during a reign of terror in 1988.
38% : China does not (as far as I know) export violent terrorism as does Iran.
38% : Instead, the most advanced states of the West are self-destructing over issues of race and gender identity.
37% : Masih Alinejad, an Iranian feminist now living in exile in the US, was the target of a plot to kidnap her and bring her back to Iran.
36% : Although Iran denies being connected with any of these incidents, most observers believe that the Iranian regime was responsible for them.
36% : China's military and economic power is thousands of times greater than that of Iran, and is every bit as brutal in its repression of internal dissent.
35% : As an Israeli, naturally I am concerned about the local and immediate threat of Iran.

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