worth it?
All in the name of OIL and you can't deny it here.
Mohammad Mosaddeq was elected Prime Minister of Iran in 1951. Unfortunately, he believed that the Iranian oil fields belonged to the Iranian people. Big Oil didn't like that and pushed the CIA into overthrowing the PM and putting the Shah back in power. It was called "Operation Ajax".
Was it worth it?
Or is this yet another example of blow back? Putting the corrupt ruthless Shah back in power led to left-wing socialists and right-wing fundies in Iran to get pissed off, eventually leading to the Iranian fundie revolution. The leftists themselves got purged by the fundies.
https://www.cia.gov/library/center-for-the-study-of-intelligence/csi-publications/csi-studies/studies/vol48no2/article10.html
2007-11-30 07:51:43 · 7 answers · asked by Anonymous in Politics & Government ➔ Politics
NiceLady,
Aren't you the person who seemed unwilling to believe our government did wrong things in the past?
Overthrowing elected democratic governments and putting in corrupt right-wing dictators is WRONG, not buts about it. This kind of thing used to happen alot especially in latin america.
2007-11-30 07:58:39 · update #1
Tommy,
GRAB A HISTORY BOOK.
This was back in the 1950s, long before the Iranian fundamentalist revolution.
2007-11-30 07:59:19 · update #2
Big business basically dictates US foreign policy via our elected officials.
How else do you explain the dual role of Saudi Arabia as US ally in the 'War on Terror' AND the world's leading exporter of Islamic radicalism?
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2007-11-30 08:12:39 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 1⤋
Just and FYI, the people of Iran do not elect the president. He is appointed by Iatola Holmeni. Iatola Holmeni is the Supreme Leader of Iran and he is also a cleric. Interesing isn't it. He also appoints Parliment who vote on a Prime Minister. The only election that happens is the Iatola and I believe it is a life time appointment.
2007-11-30 07:58:23 · answer #2 · answered by Tommy G 3 · 0⤊ 3⤋
No. But then again, it happened before I was born.
It's a matter of historical record, and it was done with a belief that was consistent with that time.
I don't know why you think you can smear us with what happened over 50 years ago.
Do liberals think it was right to put American citizens of Japanese descent into concentration camps? Or to assassinate Ngo Dinh Diem because the Democrat president didn't like him? Or to own slaves and screw them like Jefferson?
See how stupid this line of questioning is?
2007-11-30 08:10:23 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 2⤋
I grabbed a history book....
It appears you post the same questions over and over regardless of how many people agree with you....which leads me to believe that getting answers is not your objective....perhaps Yahoo! Affirmations or Yahoo! Agendas would be a better place to hang out...
2007-11-30 08:07:34 · answer #4 · answered by u_bin_called 7 · 0⤊ 2⤋
They're going to tell you that this is old news and therefore irrelevant
Ask them about the Reagan Administration's alliances with Saddam and Bin Laden, too.
2007-11-30 07:58:07 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 1⤋
Wait just a minute, who said you could bring reality and common sense into the argument? That's cheating!
2007-11-30 07:59:21 · answer #6 · answered by czekoskwigel 5 · 2⤊ 1⤋
You are going to ask people who weren't even born to take responsibility for the actions of people who are long dead?
Good strategy.
History is full of governments doing crazy stuff. Often they seemed like good ideas at the time...... nobody is innocent of this.
2007-11-30 07:55:46 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 3⤋