Washington's fixation with Iran takes another turn for the worse

Viewed independently, Washington's announced intent to designate Iran's Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps a foreign terrorist organization may seem to be little more than symbolic.

After all, its Specially Designated Global Terrorist list already blacklists the IRGC and penalizes business dealings with it.

Yet it goes far beyond being just symbolic, as the move marks the first time the United States has officially labeled another country's military, or part of its government, a terrorist group, showing once again that it prefers to see itself as fundamentally above others.