Comment by flowerlad

I never understood why Americans consider Iran the enemy and Saudi Arabia the friend. Iran is a democracy, they appear to have legit elections, while Saudi is an absolute monarchy. Iranian women enjoy way better equality compared to Saudi Arabian women. As a software developer in the US I have even come across Iranian-born women software engineers. Iranians seem more modern in ever way. Citizens of both countries seem to hate America, but ordinary Iranian citizens never did a 911-style attack on the US. Is it because of historical reasons that Saudis are the friend and Iranians the enemy?