See also: Patiently Squeezing Iran Iran is responsible for current crises, and must be treated accordingly     People in the West tend to think of Iran as just a backward Islamic theocracy, of no importance to the world, other than as a dangerous terror threat.  But in many ways, Iran is surprisingly important on the world stage.  In fact, Iran has massive amounts of land, population, and resources.  Those strategic strengths give Iran geopolitical and economic authority.  But as long as the Islamic terror regime holds power, Iran will not develop as it should. Iran is the 17th largest country in the world.  By land mass, the country is larger than the combined Western European countries — France, Germany, the Netherlands, Belgium, Spain, and Portugal.  It is also the 16th most populous country in the world, with more than 81 million people — about 1% of the world's...(Read Full Post)