[Alberta's Child]

Iran was "showing more modernity" than the rest of the Muslim world because the combination of British colonialism and Persian culture made the country more conducive to modernity.

Do you think past mistakes, Ike's or whoever's, absolves Carter of his?

Carter was really in a no-win situation on this particular issue. Do the Clinton administrations blunders in the 1990s absolve the Bush administration of its responsibilities for 9/11? I think they do, for the most part.

[odds]

I would like to correct you on something: Iran was never actually "colonized" by the British. It was only occupied for a while during and just after WWII by British and Russian soldiers.

Modernization of Iran began during Reza Shah (The late Shah's father) and due to his initiatives.