Is the 1953 CIA coup in Iran severely underlooked?

[sammichoffate]

Basically shaped the last 60 years of Iran and the region

[Derka]

There was no room in Mossadegh's Iran for autocrat monarchs who were in the bed with the West OR religious lunatics like Khomeini who wanted to annihilate all of the Jews.

But then he had the NERVE to allow the Tudeh party (communists) to run candidates in the assembly elections and he decided "Hey, maybe all of this oil in our country should belong to us and not to the goddamn British."

And for that, he had to die.

[fiddy]

U.S. should be embargoed and isolated by the world for the cruelty of its foreign policy.

[sammichoffate]

There was no room in Mossadegh's Iran for autocrat monarchs who were in the bed with the West OR religious lunatics like Khomeini who wanted to annihilate all of the Jews.

But then he had the NERVE to allow the Tudeh party (communists) to run candidates in the assembly elections and he decided "Hey, maybe all of this oil in our country should belong to us and not to the goddamn British."

And for that, he had to die.Basically. It ended up being a factor in the 79' revolution

[NumberSix]

Actually, communist agitation is to blame for the 1979 "revolution". As usual, the leftists, being the useful idiots that they are, aligned themselves with the Islamists. Of course, when the Islamists got into power, they immediately turned on the leftists.

Without the help of the leftists, the Islamists would have just been a fringe group that would never have a chance of gaining any political power. As is the case in the west right now, the Islamists have only become a threat due to the complicity of the left.

[Derka]

Basically. It ended up being a factor in the 79' revolution
A huge factor...some would say the biggest. No one in that country liked Shah Mohammad. That widespread dissatisfaction is precisely what set up the conditions under which Khomeini and his clerics were able to take over.

[fiddy]

A huge factor...some would say the biggest. No one in that country liked Shah Mohammad. That widespread dissatisfaction is precisely what set up the conditions under which Khomeini and his clerics were able to take over.
Shouldnt surprise anyone, he was corrupted AF and a puppet of the west.

[Terahite]

The problem lies in our "intellectuals" and "liberals" more than anything. When we have "progressives" like Ben Affleck being praised for making a ******y pro-CIA propaganda film which further demonizes Iran and whitewashes American imperialism, you know you're in trouble. They even had Michelle Obama announce it as the Best Picture winner in case the point were not already clear enough. :facepalm

Even Jon Stewart left "The Daily Show" to direct an ANTI-IRAN movie which, again, was a whitewash of American imperialism. I'm surprised Newscorp or the American Enterprise Institute wasn't listed as a producer. :lol

America should just admit they have the worst "liberals" not only in the world, but in all human history. Even 30 years ago we had real liberals like Warren Beatty, Robert Redford, and Oliver Stone who made films that could never be released today. Today we have Seth McFarlane and Sarah Silverman saying they're atheists and getting cheap applause. If you asked them about the CIA coup in Iran in 1953 they would stare at you like retards or get mildly uncomfortable.

[FillJackson]

Basically shaped the last 60 years of Iran and the region
Underlooked by whom? It's pretty well known and certainly comes up when people talk about Iran. It was the headline in Kermit Roosevelt's obituary.

Kermit Roosevelt, Leader of C.I.A. Coup in Iran, Dies at 84

It also was 60 years ago.