If you mean Iran, they were actually following agreement in JCPOA and not building nukes, until Trump broke it.

And they begotiated while USA bombed them twice during negotiations.

This situation was created by USA and comment rightfully focuses on people who created it.

> brown people cant be actors only acted upon

Did you read some different comment? Cause nothing in that comment implies this. But in fact, this chaim of events was initiated and orchestrated entirely by American leadership.