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History is written by the winners. Perhaps the OP you're responding to, actually lived through these events and have their own opinion on the matter, not deriv
by fit2rule 10y ago
History is written by the winners. Perhaps the OP you're responding to, actually lived through these events and have their own opinion on the matter, not derived from a dubious collective source but rather through personal observation.
- pawadu 10y agoedit: here is the wikipedia article about the coup, see how bad it aligns with eternalban's view of the events https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mohammad_Mosaddegh https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mohammad_Mosaddegh
- eternalban 10y agoPart 4 [4] of this series directly discusses the propaganda regarding these events. Unlike pawadu, I do not consider wikipedia to be a definitive source, but the talk page [5] should provide some insight regarding the tug of war that this page must have gone through! ;) [1]: http://iranian.com/main/2010/jul/all-shahs-men-0.html http://iranian.com/main/2010/jul/all-shahs-men-0.html [2]: http://iranian.com/main/2010/aug/all-shahs-men-2.html http://iranian.com/main/2010/aug/all-shahs-men-2.html [3]: http://iranian.com/main/2010/aug/all-shahs-men-3.html http://iranian.com/main/2010/aug/all-shahs-men-3.html [4]: http://iranian.com/main/2010/aug/all-shahs-men-part-4-1.html http://iranian.com/main/2010/aug/all-shahs-men-part-4-1.html [5]: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Talk:Mohammad_Mosaddegh https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Talk:Mohammad_Mosaddegh