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#355 — A Falling World

Making Sense with Sam Harris

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Importance of Containing Instability in the Middle East for Security Affairs

The United States has historically been involved in containing instability in the Middle East to ensure economic interest for its allies in security affairs. The rise of fundamentalist Iran in 1979 threatened the Persian Gulf energy exports, which could weaken the alliance with the US. Despite changing attitudes in the US towards maintaining such alliances, there is still a strong emotional inertia tied to Iran's capacity to disrupt security plans.

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