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Above is (somewhat) right. Meet the original BP [1] The Shah was not a puppet. Puppets dance to the tune of puppet master & master would not replace said pupp
by eternalban 11y ago
Above is (somewhat) right. Meet the original BP [1]
The Shah was not a puppet. Puppets dance to the tune of puppet master & master would not replace said puppet with Ayatollahs.
Mohammad Reza Pahlavi was an Iranian Nationalist and the story of 20th century in Iran is far far more nuanced than the caricature painted by (very interested) partisans such as Kinzer.
Do the research. This [2] is the Iran that the "puppet's" father, Reza Pahlavi ("the Great") inherited. Exceptional moves by the "puppet's" father began with establishment of an independent National Bank (which did not please "master" in City of London). And continued until Iran was actually considered a geopolitical threat to the gang that started the Trilateral Commission [3].
[1]: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anglo-Persian_Oil_Company https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anglo-Persian_Oil_Company
[2]: http://www.chaonix.com/DL/National_Geography_April_1921.pdf http://www.chaonix.com/DL/National_Geography_April_1921.pdf
[3]:https://youtu.be/DqrHQpRHwws https://youtu.be/DqrHQpRHwws (Don't be confused. Jimmy here is saying Iran is /too/ stable and my friend Zibig & our friends like to see massive instability in this region until "the great game" is won.}
[minor typo edits; link fix; final edit note corrected NG pdf link.]
- oxymoron 11y agoThanks for the elaboration! Having read only a single book on the subject, I figured that my account would be somewhat biased, even though I tried (through googling) to verify what I wrote. I'll refer to your links and try to widen my perspective! Having said that, I think Kinzer do your view more justice than I did in my summary. I do apologize for over simplifying things.
- eternalban 11y agoGlad it was helpful. Now read the below if you want to understand a bit better what's up with "Middle East" [sic] and what has been going in that area -- "instability" --since the Shah of Iran was forced out. http://masoudbehnoud.com/weblog/s2.pdf http://masoudbehnoud.com/weblog/s2.pdf
- eternalban 11y agop.s. Hadn't seen this interview before myself and it is on point and directly addresses the '54 oil deal[1]. [1]: https://youtu.be/n-grR1e6dw8 https://youtu.be/n-grR1e6dw8