• DigitalTraveler42@lemmy.world
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    1 year ago

    We should have just helped the Shah stamp out the Islamic revolution instead and stuck with Iran as a regional Allie.

    And now after saying that I have a dirty Henry Kissinger feeling.

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      1 year ago

      Uh, no. Wtf. The Shah was an oppressive authoritarian. That’s one of the reasons why Iran is pissed at us. We should have let them nationalize their oil industry and not overthrown their democratically elected leader.

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        1 year ago

        The Shah was an oppressive authoritarian. That’s one of the reasons why Iran is pissed at us.

        O rly now? Hmm such a difference from now, lol.

        But fr I meant Mohammad Mosaddeq, not that shah, just forgot about which one we overthrew.

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      1 year ago

      That’s geopolitics for you. You’re probably valuing human rights, and they were probably valuing cash, but the means are the same.

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        1 year ago

        Thx for the fair words, but yeah geopolitics is a dirty game, as far as I’m concerned democracy and freedom of speech are worth fighting or dying for.