I hope you got to the part about Albert Pike, the 19th Century William Walker ("emperor" of Nicaragua), and the Knights of the Golden Circle (progenitor of the Kuklux Klan). THAT was my point about "families" being more influential than we think. George Herbert Walker was the banker of the St. Louis Fed that was one of the big players at Jekyll Island. Etc.
Carter pulled that sort of thing with the Shah and look what we got for it.
No argument there. The 1955 (IIRC) CIA operation that reinstalled the Shah was a good thing for all concerned.
No, there was one long post back, and this may have been burried in there. It was what prompted me to say I read most of it and absorbed most of it.
I appreciate you pointing out now. Makes me just that much more resolute to oppose any Bush for higher office.
I don’t find all that many people backing the Shah besides myself. It’s amazing how many people dislike the guy because the CIA installed him
BTW: I hadn’t realized he was there prior to ‘55. Would you mind expanding on that a bit?