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Politics : PRESIDENT GEORGE W. BUSH
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To: Rock_nj who wrote (293110)9/4/2002 9:23:26 PM
From: DavesM  Read Replies (1) of 769670
 
Rock,
re:"Do you have your head in the sand? I'm talking about historical facts that anyone can look up. Iran had a budding Democracy in the early 1950s that we crushed when they moved to nationalize their oil supplies"

I don't think you know anything about "Historical facts". The "Democratic Leader" you are referring to, before being deposed, had been granted near dictatorial power by the National Assembly (which is why he had the power to nationalize oil), then he tried to dissolve the very same Assembly. How's that for your budding Iranian democracy?

As far as the Soviet threat goes, for Iran it was real. After the Second World War, the Soviets occupied northern Iran. They basically didn't leave, until threatened by Truman.
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