How about they both suck? 
Then I take it you cheer for the few non-brainwashed civilians who are sick and tired of governments (be it secular dictatorships like Iran, secular pseudo-democracies like Israel, nonsecular dictatorships like North Korea, or corporatist pseudo-democracies like the USA) deliberately creating more enemies just to have an excuse to go to war for more power (internally, by reducing civil liberties in the name of security and uniting citizens under you against a common enemy, and internationally, by spreading influence over weaker nations). Of course the economy might get accidentally fucked up in the process not to mention the possible major nuclear issues, etc...
Just kidding, these governments are great risk-managers.
Then I take it you cheer for the few non-brainwashed civilians who are sick and tired of governments (be it secular dictatorships like Iran, secular pseudo-democracies like Israel, nonsecular dictatorships like North Korea, or corporatist pseudo-democracies like the USA) deliberately creating more enemies just to have an excuse to go to war for more power (internally, by reducing civil liberties in the name of security and uniting citizens under you against a common enemy, and internationally, by spreading influence over weaker nations). Of course the economy might get accidentally fucked up in the process not to mention the possible major nuclear issues, etc...
Just kidding, these governments are great risk-managers.
