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by p51-remorse 685 days ago
Not a Trump fan, but I think it’s fair to say that Iran felt much less free to be jerks during 2017-2021 than recently.

Very early in 2017, Trump sent a bunch of missiles into Syria (https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/2017_Shayrat_missile_strike) after they behaved badly. It seemed to have a chilling effect on the whole region for most of his presidency. Much less insanity happened for the following four years than normal.
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hindsightbias 684 days ago
Yes, Iran was so kindly to rain ballistic missiles on US troops:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Operation_Martyr_Soleimani

Certainly showed them who was boss.

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awnird 685 days ago
The article you linked suggests the opposite.

"According to an analyst writing for HuffPost, the 2017 Deir ez-Zor missile strike by Iran suggests that the country has shifted its three decades-long policy of testing, but not using missiles, as a reaction to Donald Trump's escalation in the Middle East, including "needless increase" in America's military involvement in the Syrian proxy war.[121]"

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