Mark Twain quote, could be about Iran Today

"I am an anti-imperialist. I am opposed to having the eagle put its talons on any other land."

“But now...we have got into a mess, a quagmire from which each fresh step renders the difficulty of extrication immensely greater.”

Mark Twain was the most prominent member of the American Anti- Imperialist League. It dissolved in 1920. It needs to be started up again.