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.
By Western imperialism you mean the oil holdings that the British did the work to develop and which Iran had a binding contract. There were arbitration rules that allowed for Iran to renegotiate for higher percentages of the profits and the British had already agreed to increase their share. Mossadegh, pressured by the reds, rejected this and decided to just steal it all.
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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.
mamwad ago
IOW, he didn't support Western imperialism so he needed to go.
Joe_McCarthy ago
By Western imperialism you mean the oil holdings that the British did the work to develop and which Iran had a binding contract. There were arbitration rules that allowed for Iran to renegotiate for higher percentages of the profits and the British had already agreed to increase their share. Mossadegh, pressured by the reds, rejected this and decided to just steal it all.
gosso920 ago
And now you know... the rest of the story.