The Shah was a murderous tyrant and placing him in power after the CIA-led overthrow of the democratically-elected Mosaddegh was one of the greatest foreign policy travesties the United States has ever been a part of.
But of course replacing the Shah with the the Ayatollahs doesn’t rank on that level. Right?
Was the leader of Iran prior to the Shah a good guy, or was he problematic? Well actually he nationalized the British Oil holdings in Iran. I’ll bet that was popular with Iran’s allies.
As for the Shah being a murderous thug, just how murderous a thug was he? The Ayatollahs weren’t murderous thugs? LOL They allowed our diplomats to be abducted and held in captivity for 444 days.
You know, I guess I just don’t understand the Middle-East. You have to be a strong man to say around, but when you are people come along and trash you for being one.
You remember Anwar Sadat don’t you. That’s what happens if you don’t keep your enemies off balance over there.
Almost as much of a travesty as the overthrow of the democratically-elected Morsi by that murderous tyrant el-Sisi, hmm?
That’s a lie
The shah and his police and army were attacked regularly by the kgb and plo types until 1978
khomenies grandson admitted they can only prove 3500 deaths over 30 years by the shah against the leftist soviet terrorists and Muslim terrorists, yet khomenie killed 100,000 his first year alone.
You need to stop listening to cnn
http://www.rescueattempt.com/id24.html
http://www.familysecuritymatters.org/publications/id.3347/pub_detail.asp
http://www.thenewamerican.com/history/european/1111
http://alanpetersworld.blogspot.com/2008/03/jimmah-idiot-carter-architect-of-our.html
http://www.aryamehr.org/eng/carter/ill/cart.htm