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Old 04-29-2008, 10:29 PM   #18 (permalink)
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Originally Posted by TrueBlueAmerican View Post
You cant blame Jimmy Carter for domestic Iranian politics. The Shah of Iran was the reason for the Cultural Revolution that took place in Iran. The installing of a puppet played right into the conservatives hands and sowed the seeds for the events that followed. Jimmy even allowed the Shah to come to the US for medical treatment to keep the old fuck alive, but events were already set in motion.


Today, if you want to convert people from being anti-west to being pro-west, you don’t bomb them, you talk to them. What he did in Palestine should be reciprocated in Iran as well.
We propped him up once, we should have done it again. There were ways to deal with the fanatics, but Carter wouldn't do his job. My goodness, we lost a great deal by letting the fanatics take over. Iran was well on it's way to becoming modern and westernized, and he loved the United States and Europe. Too bad for us, and too bad for the world.
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