The above comment would be more complete if it would mention the history of US-backed coups of middle east (and other) governments throughout the 20th century a

The above comment would be more complete if it would mention the history of US-backed coups of middle east (and other) governments throughout the 20th century any time a democratically-elected leader began leaning towards the Soviet sphere of influence. For example: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1953_Iranian_coup_d%27%C3%A9tat https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1953_Iranian_coup_d%27%C3%A9ta... https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/CIA_activities_in_Syria#Operation_Straggle https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/CIA_activities_in_Syria#Operat...