And it goes before that as well. All the way back to the 18th Century, for that matter. All those countries and provinces that end with the suffix "stan" ? Those are all regions of Iran back then. Before the Russians and English start to expand their territories by taking them from Iran. Even the impossible-to-control Afghanistan until the Brit started hacking that apart, starting with Kabul in 1760.
Second oldest country in the world, and here we are thinking it's our right to do what we will with it while we call them the terrorists.
