This is a hard hitting article about events of the last few days. obama sent pallets of untraceable cash to Iran which only emboldened them even more. Their past behavior on the world stage proves it never works to appease or pay a bully. 

In the End, Everyone Hated the Iranian Theocracy

"..... So ends the creepy mystique of the supposedly indomitable terror state of Iran, the bane of the last seven American presidents over half a century....."

https://victorhanson.com/in-the-end-everyone-hated-the-iranian-theocracy/