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To: Oeconomicus who wrote (1160)11/18/2003 3:02:25 PM
From: American Spirit  Read Replies (1) | Respond to of 90947
 
Read the history of the middle east oil business and you'll find that Carter was handed a disasterous situation in Iran. Maybe he made some mistakes, but the overthrow of the Shah was already underway. The real behind it was the US oil companies getting pissed at the Shah for hiking up his commissions. Little did they know what would follow.