Cognitive dissonance: The inability to embrace information which is unimaginable as it may threaten a person's safety and comfort… AKA: Head in the [desert] sands or up their own rear-ends. Trust me - I live in the U.S.

Americans are not naive about Iran but the people in the Obama administration are. Obama is not my leader and he doesn't speak for many of us. Iran clearly wants to dominate the region. And their subversive tactics are well known. I'm not naive about it but so long as Obama remains in office we can only hope that the next President can clean this mess up.