cross-posted from: https://discuss.online/post/45077170

Actually it was called the Iran-Contra Affair.

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[–] 27 points 1 day ago (4 children)

Don’t forget, Iran was a democratic nation in the early 1950s until America fucked it up for corporate profits. We created the conditions that brought about the Iran regime to capitulate to corporate interests.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1953_Iranian_coup_d%27%C3%A9tat

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    Highly recommend reading this book for more details on American interference in sovereign nations to protect corporate interests: https://ia600507.us.archive.org/0/items/ConfessionsOfAnEconomicHitman_257/JohnPerkins-ConfessionsOfAnEconomicHitman.pdf

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