>>>I consider Iran one of the truly great failures of US foreign policy for a lot of reasons
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>>I agree and that's saying a lot given the many many failures of US foreign policy in Latin America and elsewhere around the world.
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>Many many is right. It's hard to think of places where we have done any good in recent decades. Bosnia maybe. Northern Ireland. Can you think of any others?

You mean, helping create the first islamic state in Europe, that issued a passport to Osama and hosted an unknown number of mujahedeen? That's a success.