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Retaliation or revenge, you pick.
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Doubtful.
At the time, Iran was a bigger threat to the US, and giving Iran another strong enemy to worry about would help US in it's machinations against Iran.
because of Islamic revolution in Iran which is against white house goals
Relieves aggressive urges
Americans turned against Iran when Iranian rebels held 54 US Embassy officials hostage for over 400 days.
Massive retaliation.
Iran has not attacked or invaded any countries for a very long time. The US media shout that Iran is against peace, yet the US has bombed people in Iraq, Afghanistan, and in Pakistan. That is why Iran isn't in world peace: the US has surrounded it with militant terrorists.
The US has imposed trade restrictions against Iran in hope of pressuring their government to abandon its attempts to build nuclear weapons.
in retaliation for Khomeini's attempts to provoke Shiites in Iraq to overthrow the Iraqi government.
Not unless Iran presents a clear and present danger to the soveriegn security of the United States. Which it doesn't.