Mossadegh was attempting to seize British property and was hobnobbing with Communists to the point that even Iran's clerics feared a red takeover. Both they and Churchill wanted us to act and we did - and during a time that especially with the Korean War going on heightened fears of Communist expansion prevailed.
I seem to recall Obama apologizing for it anyway. Not that he should have.
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Joe_McCarthy ago
Mossadegh was attempting to seize British property and was hobnobbing with Communists to the point that even Iran's clerics feared a red takeover. Both they and Churchill wanted us to act and we did - and during a time that especially with the Korean War going on heightened fears of Communist expansion prevailed.
I seem to recall Obama apologizing for it anyway. Not that he should have.
Tree_Snake ago
Why is it that we believe that our democracy is sacred, but others' are negligible?
STARVE_THE_BEAST ago
Because a "democratically" installed totalitarianism is still totalitarianism.
Tree_Snake ago
So we installed a totalitarian government to save them from totalitarianism?
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