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U.S. policies led to Iran revolt, study says (Blaming GOP Barf...revisionist history)
Los Angeles Times ^ | 10-16-2008 | Borzou Daragahi,

Posted on 10/16/2008 5:08:35 PM PDT by Chicos_Bail_Bonds

BEIRUT -- A new report based on previously classified documents suggests that the Nixon and Ford administrations created conditions that helped destabilize Iran in the late 1970s and contributed to the country's Islamic Revolution.

A trove of transcripts, memos and other correspondence show sharp differences over rising oil prices developing between the Republican administrations and Mohammed Reza Shah Pahlavi in the mid-1970s, says a report to be published today in the fall issue of Middle East Journal, an academic journal published by the Washington-based Middle East Institute, a think tank.

(Excerpt) Read more at latimes.com ...


TOPICS: Foreign Affairs; Government; News/Current Events; Politics/Elections
KEYWORDS: carter; iran; nixon; shah
Talk about revisionist history. What a crock. I hope Kissinger just goes off on this study and this author. Talk about trying to re-write history.
1 posted on 10/16/2008 5:08:36 PM PDT by Chicos_Bail_Bonds
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To: Chicos_Bail_Bonds

Ask Reza Pahlavi’s wife, son, and the rest of his family which president caused the Islamic revolution.


2 posted on 10/16/2008 5:12:02 PM PDT by SeeSharp
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To: SeeSharp
"Ask Reza Pahlavi’s wife, son, and the rest of his family which president caused the Islamic revolution."


3 posted on 10/16/2008 5:18:14 PM PDT by musicman (Sarah Palin Runs A STATE - Barack Obama Runs His MOUTH)
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To: Chicos_Bail_Bonds

I call bravo sierra!


4 posted on 10/16/2008 5:18:52 PM PDT by princeofdarkness (Ronald Reagan- "Trust But Verify" MSM- "Report, Lie, Then Crucify")
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To: Chicos_Bail_Bonds

Islamic fundamentalism caused the uprising against the Shah and Jimmy Carter fanned the flames instead of providing support to the Shah. The Shah warned Carter that if the fundamentalists won in Iran they would unleash a movement that would give us problems for decades all over the Middle East. He was obviously right on the mark.


5 posted on 10/16/2008 5:31:53 PM PDT by yazoo
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To: Chicos_Bail_Bonds
I remember some trouble over there and Billy Carters brother Jimmy having trouble getting his Embassy back. I think that carter lost the middle east and emboldened the terrorists.
6 posted on 10/16/2008 5:32:32 PM PDT by mountainlion (concerned conservative.)
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To: Chicos_Bail_Bonds

And Iran needs the price of oil to be at least $90/barrel or their economy will collapse. I don’t think this bothers the Saudi’s in the least.
Wasn’t the embassy taken over by the Iranian mobs when Pres Carter allowed the Shah to enter the US for medical treatment? Even the Nazi’s respected embassies.


7 posted on 10/16/2008 5:35:50 PM PDT by 68stanger (when a man considers one stick to be as good as another, he will soon pick up a boomerang)
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