john.roberts85
Well-Known Member
Ahhh ... stones I throw. Yes indeed. But my stones are thrown in retaliation for stones thrown at me ... unless I'm just joking.
Also ... Iran may not have attacked another country, but they sure have supported their share of terrorism. I think I remember a whole bunch of American hostages back in the past. Something about Jimmy Carter ... and then The Gipper ....
Vi
That may make sense if the circumstances were viewed in a bubble as a singular event. It's certainly not though. If you do remember, the United States colaborated with Britain to overthrow PM Mosaddeq in '53 and install a "friendlier" regime. As a preemptive move, the Iranians deported all of Britain's diplomats. What happened next? The CIA operates and plans the coup in our embassy in Tehran and reinstalls Pahlavi with help from a few Iranian military officials. This is called Operation Ajax. Now fast-forward to 1979 when their revolution is underway and Pahlavi having fled to the United States. Knowing the history of American intervention in their country and countless others, is it terribly difficult to grasp the takeover of the embassy? Twenty-six years earlier the United States planned the ousting and installation of a dictator from that very building.
