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1 posted on 06/13/2025 7:43:18 PM PDT by Republican Wildcat
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To: Republican Wildcat

Nixon was a brilliant politician.

Not particularly “conservative” but far better than Carter.

Watergate was a media coup against a popular, siting president.


2 posted on 06/13/2025 7:46:57 PM PDT by marktwain
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I Was on WestPac when the Shah fled Iran. Great t-shirt began selling on the streets of Olongapo; it was a picture of the Shah, and read “ I RAN”


3 posted on 06/13/2025 7:55:38 PM PDT by 11th_VA
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4 posted on 06/13/2025 7:56:36 PM PDT by Irish Eyes
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It’s absolutely incredible the damage that Carter did to not only this country, but the whole world.

That is kind of like the permanent damage that Biden has done to this country.

5 posted on 06/13/2025 7:59:45 PM PDT by volare737 (Diversity is something to be overcome, not celebrated. )
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To: Republican Wildcat

We had Iranian students in 78-79, many in engineering .
There were some anti Shah protests.
Yes the Shaw was brutal.
But if these students had any idea what was coming I don’t think they ever would have wanted what they now have.


7 posted on 06/13/2025 8:14:23 PM PDT by HereInTheHeartland (“I don’t really care, Margaret.”)
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I remember meeting Persians (as they called themselves after the revolution) in the US, bemoaning what had happened to Iran after the Shah fell.


8 posted on 06/13/2025 8:22:48 PM PDT by Jamestown1630 ("A Republic, if you can keep it.")
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I did my EMT training with one of the Shah’s U.S. body guards right after the Shah died. He seemed like a good dude. I also worked for a woman who took in a high Iranian official’s daughter after the fall of Iran. The mother and father got the kid out and were never heard from again.


17 posted on 06/13/2025 8:51:33 PM PDT by VTenigma (Conspiracy theory is the new "spoiler alert")
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The Shah wasn’t perfect, but Carter failed to understand that a democracy or a republican form of government is incompatible with Islam.


25 posted on 06/14/2025 12:11:00 AM PDT by WASCWatch ( WASC)
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To: Republican Wildcat

Nixon was a very good President. Jimmy Carter was a disaster. I think this was recognized by the American people. When Nixon ran for reelection, he won 49 states. When Carter ran for reelection, he won 6 states.


33 posted on 06/14/2025 9:25:19 AM PDT by ChessExpert (The Democratic party must be destroyed.)
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