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Carter Administration’s Dilemma: Iran’s Theocracy
FSM ^ | Slater Bakhtavar

Posted on 09/23/2014 10:06:23 AM PDT by freedom44

In November 1978 then President Carter nominated George Ball as a member of the Trilateral Commission. The commission acted under the direct control of the National Security Council’s Zbigniew Brzezinski, an ardent opponent of the Shah of Iran. This commission cultivated a clandestine Iran task force. While serving on this commission, George Ball championed cessation of United States support for the Shah and clandestine support for Rubhullah Ayatollah Khomeini who, albeit in exile, led a proletariat Islamic opposition. Pursuant to this agenda George Ball sought to garner the support of Robert Bowie, who was at that time the Deputy Director of the United States Central Intelligence Agency.

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TOPICS: Editorial; Extended News; Foreign Affairs; News/Current Events; War on Terror
KEYWORDS: carter; iran

1 posted on 09/23/2014 10:06:23 AM PDT by freedom44
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To: freedom44

Turkey is going to end up like IRAN in 79....

From Secular to Islamic Theocracy....


2 posted on 09/23/2014 10:07:25 AM PDT by GraceG (No, My Initials are not A.B.)
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To: freedom44

remarkable that after more than 30 years we’re still dealing with Carter’s failures.

I hate to think how long Obama’s numerous hideous failures will fester.


3 posted on 09/23/2014 10:53:59 AM PDT by Cubs Fan (Where we're headed is worse than mere socialism http://en.metapedia.org/wiki/Anarcho-tyranny)
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To: GraceG

NOt surprising. This sounds like a Carter Redux administration.


4 posted on 09/23/2014 10:58:06 AM PDT by nikos1121
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To: GraceG

NOt surprising. This sounds like a Carter Redux administration.


5 posted on 09/23/2014 11:03:10 AM PDT by nikos1121
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