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Iranian protesters are chanting:
“Human error is what we did in 1979.”
They are referring to the Islamic revolution as the biggest mistake that Iranians made in history
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It was not their error alone. I have read several books about this. Only about 10% of the people were part of that “revolution”.

It was Carter who decided to topple the Shah and bring in the ayatollah khamenei. Carter was warned, but shrugged it off-stating that a religious man would be easier to deal with.

The guards/military that would have supported the Shah were influenced by the CIA to stand down. Iran, at that time was fairly prosperous, and fairly modern.

Some of the authors indicated that the Shah might have modernized too quickly for some people and advantage was taken of this unrest.

"Iran, at that time was fairly prosperous, and fairly modern."

And it was stopped. Lebanon used to be (1950s) the jewel of the Med. Iraq was the jewel of the middle east with culture, history, universities, and oil. Iran is sitting on lots of minerals and oil. Afghanistan sits on lots of gemstones and rare things.

Africa? South America? We already know Africa and South America are rich with diamonds, gold, oil, etc..

What if the European powers didn't want all that 'wealth' to hit the market? Which would depress the market prices? A lot.

Has anyone ever read Joseph Conrad's book "Heart of Darkness"? Or seen the movie "Apocalypse Now"? Its a microcosm story of The Guy who is too good at what he does. And must be stopped, and is stopped by 'powerful interests'.

In Conrad's book, the Company sends a capable man upstream in Africa to send ivory back down the river. He was so good at it it was depressing the market price and losing them money. He had to be stopped.

I find that a good allegory to why these countries with seemingly endless riches, are so poor and always in strife. They have too much wealth and resources, and others don't want them to enjoy the benefits of their wealth.

Kind of like Gates, Bezos, Bloomberg, etc. They have theirs and don't want anyone else to get some. The cabal is evil, and has been in near total control of the planet for a long time. That's Kit's conclusion.

It was not their error alone. I have read several books about this. Only about 10% of the [Iranian] people were part of that “revolution”.

I forget -- what percentage of the British population is now Muslim?

(I looked it up myself. 5% of the British population is Muslim, and the Muslim population is growing 10 times as fast as the rest of the population.)

::It was Carter who decided to topple the Shah and bring in the ayatollah khamenei. Carter was warned, but shrugged it off-stating that a religious man would be easier to deal with.::

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Thank you for that reminder. People need reminding of all of Carter’s destructive actions