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To: Michael Watkins who wrote (13934)11/20/2004 11:08:02 PM
From: Raymond Duray  Read Replies (3) of 20773
 
Michael,

Thanks for your exceptional post. It is one of the best that I've read in a while and I heartily endorse everything you've stated as to the nature of U.S. foreign policy and the problems that the Bush team have brought onto themselves by the application of hubris and excessive force.

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One small item did catch my eye in passing. You state: Shaw of Iran (the US installed him in the first place .

For an excellent overview of how the Shah came to be such a powerful executive in Iran, I highly recommend this historical treatment of the CIA's role in the overthrown of Prime Minister Mohammed Mossadegh in August, 1953:
amazon.com

As Kinzer describes the situation, the Pahlavis, i.e. the royal family, had been enthroned for many decades prior to the tumult of 1953. Their role had become largely ceremonial after WW II, with real political power in the hands of the Majlis (Parliament) with Mossadegh ensconsed as the most powerful minister in that body. What the U.S. did was to unleash a form of monarchism that hadn't been seen in Iran for a long time, but in doing so the U.S. did not install the monarch for the first time, but rather re-vivify the monarchy and then aid and abet its most malevolent and anti-democratic aspects.

The Mossadegh affair is also mentioned in this very interesting interview regarding U.S. interventions across the globe:
democracynow.org
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