[MinorityRepublican]

I thought we had the president of Syria under CIA control.

He went to the White House last week.

So if that's the case, then the Syrian Strongman is a realist but time will tell.

It usually backfires when the CIA intervenes in a foreign country.

In Iran we backed the Shah only to have him overthrown by Islamic Fundamentalists decades later.

[jimtorr]

In Iran we backed the Shah........

Until Carter switched that backing to Khomeini and the islamists.

[Captain Walker]

In Iran we backed the Shah only to have him overthrown by Islamic Fundamentalists decades later.

I guess that's one way to put it.

We put the guy into office. We didn't like who the Iranian people actually elected (because he became hostile to British oil interests), so the CIA and MI6 instigated a coup that removed the elected official; we then put our puppet into place.