Take it from an Iranian whose country has been ravaged by the Brits; nothing Americans can do can beat what the Brits did to us.
The colonialist Brits may have brought rule of law, better education, etc. to SOME places they went BUT that oughtn’t be the point; the point is the price they exacted from the natives and the rather horrible wounds and scars it left behind. Some say that they’re still paying for it and that that, in fact will be the downfall of Britain. One thing is for sure, Britain IS in a free fall. Iranians on the other hand didn’t need either rule of law, better education or any of the so-called gifts that the Brits brought with them, to Iran. We were doing just fine and I can assure you that where Iranians are concerned those account books/wounds are still very much open. We paid a horribly high price and nothing Mr. Rowan – who just happens to be a very outspoken and ardent supporter of the maniacs ruling in Tehran – has once again dawned his perpetual delusional as nothing more than a self-promoting ideologue and a propagandist. The man is becoming boring and predictable.