Who's the Threat?

"You have murdered our women, and our children, and bombed our cities from afar, like cowards, and dare to call US terrorists?"
--Salim Abu Aziz (True Lies)

Ron Paul's map bids an obvious question:

We're told repeatedly that Iran is a major threat to the United States.

The foreign policy of the United States should be as Thomas Jefferson advised: "Peace, commerce, and honest friendship with all nations-entangling alliances with none." pic.twitter.com/O2HnJOCGpM

— Ron Paul (@RonPaul) February 13, 2019

Who should feel threatened by whom in this situation?