Well put, and an important - and often either overlooked or fully unknown - point, especially in the west.

Many in the west see the middle east as a broadly similar unit, not realizing that there Iran represents a frequently highly-disliked section in the broader area. The neutralization of Iraq definitely has had an impact on that front as well (the two being hard core enemies for a long time).

The children of all the people killed by Israel will continue to resist. The US/Israel has created 100x new enemies in the past year and a half (not counting the billions outside of the ME).

I guess that's better than "axis of evil".

Looking forward to the strait of Hormuz shutting down...