Posted on 06/16/2009 6:36:46 PM PDT by jazminerose
For many years, Iran has defined itself in part by its opposition to my country, and there is in fact a tumultuous history between us. In the middle of the Cold War, the United States played a role in the overthrow of a democratically elected Iranian government. “
Of all the opprobrious anti- American twaddle spewed by Barack Obama in his much exalted Cairo speech, this statement may be one of the most malignant. Obama essentially apologized for what was a colossal CIA success: the removal of Mohammad Mossadegh from power in Iran.
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“Churchill described Mossadegh as ‘an elderly lunatic bent on wrecking his country and handing it over to the Communists.’”
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