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To: Cicero

Please explain what u said about President Carter, would you?


27 posted on 12/12/2005 9:08:15 PM PST by libertyman ("It's [the Constitution] just a g-ddamned piece of paper" --Presidebt Bush, Nov. '05)
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To: libertyman

The Shah of Iran fled into exile in 1979, after increasing riots filled the country. Ayatollah Khomeini, who had thoughtfully been provided a place to stay by the French, returned and took over the country.

This was during Jimmy Carter's presidency. Most observers held him largely responsible. He did nothing to help or support the Shah, but instead he and the western press painted the Shah as a corrupt king who was better gone. Carter supported the return of Khomeini. All the liberals in America were rubbing their hands with delight that that corrupt Shah had been gotten rid of.

What was the Shah's offense? Partly that he was a big spender and a fancy liver. But mostly because he tried to modernize Iran, give rights to women, and things like that. If the U.S. had had a stronger and more capable president, the whole Iranian revolution might have been dealt with very differently.


55 posted on 12/13/2005 6:38:21 AM PST by Cicero (Marcus Tullius)
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