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In reply to the discussion: Mueller, She Wrote: We've bombed Iran. And dismantled our joint terrorism task force. And sent a third of the FBI to [View all]GiqueCee
(2,712 posts)... will not just be from Iran which most assuredly DOES have the capability to inflict massive damage to this country and its interests but from every Muslim country that the US has trashed since 1953's treachery against Mohammed Mosaddegh, the democratically elected leader of Iran, because he refused to allow the UK to falsely claim rights to his country's oil reserves. Instead, we gave them Shah(?) Rezi Pahlavi and his murderous SAVAK. Yeah, he was an asshole, but he was OUR asshole.
Funny how every conflict in the MidEast leaves a bloody trail back to Britain's grotesquely misguided foreign policies stretching back more than a century. Guess it was just too hard to let go of that whole "The sun never sets on the British empire" thing.
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