美国将某些战略资产拱手让给伊朗。 霍梅尼的革命在与萨达姆八年之久的战争中以及在整个地区输出伊斯兰革命都未能取得这些战略资产。
America offered Iran on a silver platter strategic assets that Khomeini’s revolution failed to acquire either in eight years of war against Saddam or in its abortive attempts to export the Islamic revolution throughout the region.