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"Mossadegh did nothing good, bottom line. Why are you defending him?"

Please point out where I defended Mossadegh? Saying the Shah was a bastard was not a defense of Mossadegh. I've said they were both bastards.

What I have consistently said was there were no good guys as choices of leaders in Iran. That's why (in response to your original statement) the people did not rise up in protest when the shah was overthrown. You are the one that is apparently defending the practices of SAVAK. They were a bunch of disgusting sadists who used totalitarian tactics to keep the people "in line". That's why no one in Iran defended the Shah (other than his own people) when he went down. It does not mean that the Iranian people as a whole would not want a liberal democracy. They've never had one.

You have no proof of your allegations against the Shah, or SAVAK for that matter. They all come from liberal sources who also attempt to paint the CIA as equally culpable.

You’re also painting all Iranians as radical Twelvers just because of their perceived animus against the Shah among other things. Was that your intent?