Spoiler Alert: Its really the American People that the US Govt is afraid of.
Iran scares the crap out of "Western" ruling elites, especially in USA, for an interesting reason that they will occasionally sort of admit to.
First off, lets notice that no one in the West, particularly the Chickenhawks on Fox and in White House (and admin) and Congress can give a reason for USA's concern with Iran that doesn't completely deflate under mild questioning. Its just one of those things we are expected to believe in, like "diversity is our strength" and "no intelligence or mental differences between races" and "women are just as good at any job as men", etc.
So WTF could it be about Iran that now scares our govt so much? Lets pretend they really are some "State sponsor of terror"? If so they must not be very good at it, since we've been saying that for nearly 1/2 century and nothing has happened.
Meanwhile, since 1980 all manner of "terror" has plagued the entire USA for reals and no one seems too concerned, at least on anyone in US Govt. "Foxes" is pretty much what LA used to be like. Mexicans existed but they stayed in their part of town the "ethnic" kid at school would be an Nth gen US born Italian-American. LA culture was considered "flaky", largely from Hollywood culture, and "new age" stuff like health food and yoga. Now every every school, even grammar schools, are full of Cartel sleeper cells, if not active members, and our POTUS just explicitly endorsed their presence in US society. BTW, all aspects of Private Security are booming, while the rest of the economy is crumbling largely due to influx of foreign terrorists.
But the reason US Govt is so obsessed with Iran is pretty obvious once you look at basic recent history of Iran, and…..wait for it…..American economics, society, culture, etc and how its "evolved". In 1978 Iran under the Shah was considered "an island of stability" etc with world's top secret police completely in charge of everything, and with full access to US weapons, etc. Then one day, one old holy man, with no money, no real organization or manpower, none of the well funded Communist and media backingPost too long. Click here to view the full text.