iran isn't who 'our' government keeps saying it is says larry johnson;

When it comes to using terrorism as a political club, the United States government is the grand master, and a deceptive one at that. The establishment media, lubricated with funds from the CIA and USAID, continue to push the lie that Iran is a massive sponsor of terrorism.

The U.S. government considers Iran to be the foremost state sponsor of terrorism, spending more than one billion dollars on terrorist financing annually, and there are between 140,000 and 185,000 IRGC-Quds Force partner forces in Afghanistan, Gaza, Lebanon, Pakistan, Syria, and Yemen.

But, according to the data presented in the statistical annex of the US Department of State’s annual report, Country Reports on Terrorism, the major perpetrators of terrorism are Sunni groups, not Iran nor groups allegedly sponsored by Iran. The Sunni groups receive financial support from the Gulf Arabs and, ironically, from the United States.

The definition of terrorism, according to Bibi Netanyahu (and I agree with him), is violence against civilians for political purposes. Simple and direct.

I have copied the tables from the Annex of Statistical Information for the years 2016 — 2023. The data in these tables tell the story. ISIS has been the most active and prolific terrorist group for the eight years presented in the spreadsheets pictured below. One group that is a subsidiary of ISIS — Hay’at Tahrir al-Sham — has placed in the top ten of the groups with most attacks for five of the last six years. And guess who the CIA helped come to power in Syria? That would be Hay’at Tahrir al-Sham..........more........