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Originally Posted by Boreas
The regime hates us because of our direct involvement in Iran, particularly our engineering the coup which overthrew a popularly elected leader, Mohammad Mosaddegh, and installing a tyrant, Reza Pahlavi, in his place. Pahlavi (the Shah) conducted a US-supported reign of terror for nearly a quarter century until he was deposed in the Islamic Revolution.
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I should add that Mosaddegh was secular and a "small d" democrat. His "crime" was wanting to nationalize Iran's oil.
So, see where our interference got us? Iran is now a totalitarian theocracy and their oil resources have been nationalized. Brilliant strategy!
John