> You're looking at this as if it was a literal tug-of-war game The '53 coup was orchestrated by a small group. The '79 revolution was the result of a groundsw

> You're looking at this as if it was a literal tug-of-war game The '53 coup was orchestrated by a small group. The '79 revolution was the result of a groundswell of opposition to the Shah. > You're free to make it as emotional as you want. I gave it as an objective example that destroyed the foundation of your line of argumentation. So call it what you may but you still haven't come up with anything that can stand up to even cursory scrutiny. Personal opinions and interpretations are not that. This is nonsense. You threw forward some hypothetical sob story that is neither accurate (talk to some Iranians) nor relevant (the post-hoc sadness or non-sadness of an event doesn't change its antecedents).