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Maybe overthrowing their democratic government and replacing it with a brutal dictatorship wasn't the most intelligent thing the American government did.
by c3534l 11y ago
Maybe overthrowing their democratic government and replacing it with a brutal dictatorship wasn't the most intelligent thing the American government did.
- refurb 11y agoYou need to a bit more reading. The US/UK did not "overthrow" a democratically elected gov't. Mossadegh's gov't had become very unpopular and there were mass protests across the country. I agree that the US/UK fully supported the Shah in his attempt to take over the gov't, but overall the effect was more a nudge than a bullet to the head.