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Don't mind me, just reposting this today for no particular reason... (i.imgur.com)
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[–] [email protected] 4 points 4 hours ago* (last edited 4 hours ago) (1 children)

Are you intetionally this ignorant or did the school system fail you?

Mohammad Mosaddegh (Persian: محمد مصدق, IPA: [mohæmˈmæd(-e) mosædˈdeɢ] ⓘ; 16 June 1882 – 5 March 1967) was an Iranian politician, author, and lawyer who served as the 30th Prime Minister of Iran from 1951 to 1953, elected by the 16th Majlis. He was a member of the Iranian parliament from 1923, and served through a contentious 1952 election into the 17th Iranian Majlis, until his government was overthrown in the 1953 Iran coup aided by the intelligence agencies of the United Kingdom (MI6) and the United States (CIA), led by Kermit Roosevelt Jr.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mohammad_Mosaddegh

In his place, they installed the brutal regime of the Shah. Obviously when you have external influence hindering progress like that the backlash is often strong men and autocracies as are more resistant to such meddling.

If you want we can continue with how the US government went on to help and fun the Iraq/Iran war following the, unfortunately theocratic, revolution.

[–] [email protected] -1 points 4 hours ago (2 children)

So, you're saying that because the Shah was terrible in 1979 it's okay for the current people to be terrible now?

Right now Vietnam is a very popular tourist destination for Americans. I know people who have been there several times and want to go back.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 4 hours ago (1 children)

Literally two comments ago you were saying this:

Most of the time when you destroy the system you get a much worse system.

Was the Shah good or bad? Is it important that what came before the Shah was a popular democratic system that the US destroyed? Is that destruction justified if it becomes a great vacationing spot for Americans?

You're all over the place bud.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 hour ago (1 children)

So we agree. The revolution didn't actually improve things for most people.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 hour ago

No lol, we do not agree.

There are numerous examples of revolutionary change bringing better, more equitable systems of governance.

The only pattern I see is that the ones where the US is involved end up turning to shit.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 4 hours ago (1 children)

That's entirely besides the point.

[–] [email protected] -3 points 4 hours ago

How is it 'beside the point' when it's exactly my point?