[mkjessup]

The Carter administration thought that Khomeini was Just some soft-headed relgious leader, not a revolutionary figure. Biggest mistake since the Germans sent Lenin to Russia in 1917 to undermine the Provisional government of Russia.

You know your history for sure. As a little trivia tidbit, I read many moons ago about a luncheon appointment that Lenin had just before he took off for Russia to launch his liddle revolution, and the guy he was supposed to meet couldn't make it, and Lenin never got back in touch with him. Lenin had wanted to discuss the possibility of establishing some sort of friendly diplomatic relations with the government of his lunch partner.

The guy who stood up Lenin?

Allen Dulles. First director of the CIA.

[RobbyS]

Maybe it was Dulles, but this was long before the CIA. In any case, it is amazing how little Lenin knew about what was going on in the world. Solzhinitzen (sp?) little book about him tells us that this total ideologue had theories that were totally detached from reality. Even more amazing is how
this ideologue was able to dump ALL his theories once he came to Russia. He was, as a politican, a total opportunist. In spirit he and Hitler were very much alike: murderers at heart and total nihilists.

[CA Conservative]

The guy who stood up Lenin?

Allen Dulles. First director of the CIA.

I'd love to see a source on that. Since the Russian Revolution began in 1917 and Dulles was born in 1893, he would have only been 24 years old - barely out of college.