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Iran was quite different. It had a modern society and political system before intervention after which religious fundamentalists took over. No conflict was abo

• mytailorisrich 5y ago
  Most of Iranian society was conservative and not comfortable with Western influence. The government was a puppet of the West. That's a familiar pattern.
  • raxxorrax 5y ago
    It also wasn't primarily the US, they were just onboard with it. But these interventions are never to transport values, that is ridiculously naive. It should be extremely clear in the case of Iran since it was its democracy that was undermined in favor of a more western aligned dictatorship which was then replaced by a religious theocracy because people were spiteful enough to just get western influence out of their country. Not a good solution, but completely understandable.