02-08-2015, 08:38 AM
Waow, user just got me all wet! 
But yes, it's like Maggot's saying, money is the root of all evil. At least around here it is. Because of that article I was checking what actually happened to the Shah of Persia that time, and alas, it was the money powers fucking around once again. There you had a democratically elected leader but clearly he was on the wrong side of ... democracy.
By the early 1950s, the political crisis brewing in Iran commanded the attention of British and American policy leaders. In 1951, Mohammad Mosaddegh was appointed Prime Minister and committed to nationalizing the Iranian petroleum industry controlled by the Anglo-Persian Oil Company. Under the leadership of Mosaddegh's democratically elected nationalist movement, the Iranian parliament unanimously voted to nationalize the oil industry – thus shutting out the immensely profitable Anglo-Iranian Oil Company (AIOC), which was a pillar of Britain's economy and provided it political clout in the region.
Under the direction of Kermit Roosevelt, Jr., a senior Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) officer and grandson of former U.S. President Theodore Roosevelt, the American CIA and British Secret Intelligence Service (SIS) funded and led a covert operation to depose Mosaddegh with the help of military forces disloyal to the democratically elected government. Referred to as Operation Ajax,[9] the plot hinged on orders signed by Mohammad Reza to dismiss Mosaddegh as prime minister and replace him with General Fazlollah Zahedi – a choice agreed on by the British and Americans.
It's like Egypt in 1951
Now this part made me actually laugh a bit as it is by good old Madame Albright.
U.S. actions further solidified sentiments that the West was a meddlesome influence in Iranian politics. In the year 2000, reflecting on this notion, U.S. Secretary of State Madeleine K. Albright stated:
"In 1953 the United States played a significant role in orchestrating the overthrow of Iran's popular Prime Minister, Mohammad Mosaddegh. The Eisenhower Administration believed its actions were justified for strategic reasons; but the coup was clearly a setback for Iran's political development. And it is easy to see now why many Iranians continue to resent this intervention by America in their internal affairs."
It made me laugh because I was right on spot listening to her in Jakarta when she was a main part of taking Suharto down in 1998. Hilarious. Especially her last sentence.
So there is a lot of bad feelings all over the place and because of that I say America, stay the fuck out of here!
Let them handle it because if they don't, they will blame you for all the shit happening. And many times they are not even wrong really. Forget here, ask Guatemala, and a few others. Did you know IS is carrying US made weapons? Most probably to fight Assad, but my, did that backfire again, no?
The World is so wonderfully and horribly complicated, why can't we just drive thru peaceful fields on our bicycles and straw hats anymore?!
But yes, it's like Maggot's saying, money is the root of all evil. At least around here it is. Because of that article I was checking what actually happened to the Shah of Persia that time, and alas, it was the money powers fucking around once again. There you had a democratically elected leader but clearly he was on the wrong side of ... democracy.
By the early 1950s, the political crisis brewing in Iran commanded the attention of British and American policy leaders. In 1951, Mohammad Mosaddegh was appointed Prime Minister and committed to nationalizing the Iranian petroleum industry controlled by the Anglo-Persian Oil Company. Under the leadership of Mosaddegh's democratically elected nationalist movement, the Iranian parliament unanimously voted to nationalize the oil industry – thus shutting out the immensely profitable Anglo-Iranian Oil Company (AIOC), which was a pillar of Britain's economy and provided it political clout in the region.
Under the direction of Kermit Roosevelt, Jr., a senior Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) officer and grandson of former U.S. President Theodore Roosevelt, the American CIA and British Secret Intelligence Service (SIS) funded and led a covert operation to depose Mosaddegh with the help of military forces disloyal to the democratically elected government. Referred to as Operation Ajax,[9] the plot hinged on orders signed by Mohammad Reza to dismiss Mosaddegh as prime minister and replace him with General Fazlollah Zahedi – a choice agreed on by the British and Americans.
It's like Egypt in 1951
Now this part made me actually laugh a bit as it is by good old Madame Albright.
U.S. actions further solidified sentiments that the West was a meddlesome influence in Iranian politics. In the year 2000, reflecting on this notion, U.S. Secretary of State Madeleine K. Albright stated:
"In 1953 the United States played a significant role in orchestrating the overthrow of Iran's popular Prime Minister, Mohammad Mosaddegh. The Eisenhower Administration believed its actions were justified for strategic reasons; but the coup was clearly a setback for Iran's political development. And it is easy to see now why many Iranians continue to resent this intervention by America in their internal affairs."
It made me laugh because I was right on spot listening to her in Jakarta when she was a main part of taking Suharto down in 1998. Hilarious. Especially her last sentence.
So there is a lot of bad feelings all over the place and because of that I say America, stay the fuck out of here!
Let them handle it because if they don't, they will blame you for all the shit happening. And many times they are not even wrong really. Forget here, ask Guatemala, and a few others. Did you know IS is carrying US made weapons? Most probably to fight Assad, but my, did that backfire again, no?
The World is so wonderfully and horribly complicated, why can't we just drive thru peaceful fields on our bicycles and straw hats anymore?!