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This is part of the game that must be played to win against the government of Iran, people of that country have been treated like pawns in a chess game for long
by soheil 10y ago
This is part of the game that must be played to win against the government of Iran, people of that country have been treated like pawns in a chess game for long, certainly this is not something new. While the outrage is understandable, policy should not be made based on how it makes people feel. Iran is a country that deserves so much more, but it is seized by a ruling elite that does not share its values. I wish people who show so much outrage against Trump would acknowledge the above and in that new light instead show their support for the people of Iran in this unfortunate situation that they find themselves in.
- panic 10y agoWhat exactly is being won here?
- EGreg 10y agoThey used to have a democracy until they tried to nationalize their oil industry. Then the CIA and British intelligence engineered a coup and installed a Shah that gave good oil prices. https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Iranian_Revolution https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Iranian_Revolution
- soheil 10y agoYes, but we find ourselves in this situation now, the current U.S. administration certainly had nothing to do with the coup. Bad decisions maybe were made but we cannot continue to blame U.S. policy as a whole over those mistakes.
- refurb 10y agoJesus Christ. This comes up every time. Read up on Mossadegh. He would have been overthrown regardless of what the UK or US did. He was seriously unpopular at the time. "Engineered a coup" was more like Diem in Vietnam. Tacit approval more than orchestrating something that would otherwise never would have happened.
- camus2 10y ago> Jesus Christ. This comes up every time. Read up on Mossadegh. He would have been overthrown regardless of what the UK or US did. He was seriously unpopular at the time. Just like the leader of Congo was unpopular before the CIA decided to overthrow him? just like the leader of Guatemala was unpopular before the CIA decided to overthrow him? just like many many more? Read up all these : https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carlos_Castillo_Armas https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carlos_Castillo_Armas https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mobutu_Sese_Seko https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mobutu_Sese_Seko All these creeps came into power thank to the CIA, and so did Pahlavi https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mohammad_Reza_Pahlavi https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mohammad_Reza_Pahlavi Yes, indeed, "Jesus Christ"...
- EGreg 10y agoProve that Mossadergh wasn't popular! Mossadegh enjoyed massive popularity at different times during his political career, but his position as Prime Minister was never due to a nationwide poll (he was PM on two separate occasions). Please show however that he "would have been overthrown without the CIA engineered coup" LOL. Also show me when a popular government was able to successfully nationalize a resource where Britain or USA had favorable terms or interests, and nothing bad happened. Even Britain's own declassified documents show that this coup was an alternative to military action. Even when China tried to block the opium trade they got the opium wars. Or show me where they were able to successfully take away a foreign corporation's ability to enjoy unfair tax breaks like the United Fruit Company did, leading to an overthrow of Guatemala's government. That's what state capitalism does. Read Smedley Butler https://www.goodreads.com/author/quotes/115545.Smedley_D_Butler https://www.goodreads.com/author/quotes/115545.Smedley_D_But...
- jacobush 10y agoThey did horrible things: "The new administration introduced a wide range of social reforms: unemployment compensation was introduced, factory owners were ordered to pay benefits to sick and injured workers, and peasants were freed from forced labor in their landlords' estates" One shudders at the thought. Good thing UK and US could put an end to suchlike. A king is better.