The fall of the Shah was due to Jimmy Carter toppling the Shah on the mere “promise” by Khomenei to ‘hold elections.’
And do you also recall the bloodbath afterwards where Khomenei had people killed?
Of course not.
You keep insisting there is a comparison between Christianity and Islam.
If you were honest, you’d see there is none.
No, Khomeini hijacked the Iranian Revolution. There was almost no US contact with Khomeini during his exile in France. There was no promise by Khomeini to Carter to have democratic elections. Prior to the Shah leaving in January 1979, the Carter Administration was giving the Shah conflicting instructions. Vance was greasing the skids to get the Shah to leave including advising him to restrain Savak from cracking down on the opposition while Brzezinski belatedly wanted to Shah to take such action. It was too little too late.
And do you also recall the bloodbath afterwards where Khomenei had people killed? Of course not.
I was in our Embassy on February 14, 1979 when it was overrun the first time by the Revolutionary Guard. I was in the stairwell leading from the first to the second floor of the Chancery when bullets flew over my head imbedding into wall. We were surrounded by a mob of over 10,000 people firing into our compound and forcing their way into the buildings on the compound. We were taken captive and eventually released by Deputy Prime Minister Yazdi in the courtyard. I spent the next six weeks working in an occupied compound with the Revolutionary Guard pointing weapons at me and occasionally firing over my head.
During the six weeks, I left March 31, 1979, Khomeini was killing off the opposition including members of the previous Bazargan government and the Head of Iran Air. Our failure to support the Shah and prevent Khomeini from taking power lives with us today in the form of militant Islamic fundamentalism with Iran being the biggest state sponsor of terrorism and on the verge of being a nuclear power. It often takes decades to see the full impact of foreign policy failures.
So yes, I remember the bloodbath wreaked by Khomeini and the overnight transformation of Iran from being one of the most secular Islamic countries in the world into an Islamic theocracy. I was there. Where were you?