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Originally Posted by nik-
None of this would have ever happened if Xerxes wasn't held up at Thermopylae!
No one forced Khomeini to hijack the revolution and turn Iran into backwater. They did that on their own. The first post revolution president is on record saying Khomeini betrayed the revolution.
A good rule to follow is don't get your history from Oliver Stone documentaries.
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My point was that there wouldn't have been a revolution if we had allowed the country to develop democratically in the 1930's instead of overthrowing their democratic Government in 43', there would have been no Khomeini.
Actually I will change this a bit, my point is we have screwed with that whole region for a century for no better reason than we wanted to get their oil as cheaply as possible, that the whole political mess there is a reaction to our actions. That by being the bad guy we have given political credibility to anyone who argues an anti western position, from Nassar to Khomeini, who knows what the region would look like if we left it alone but I doubt they would hate us as they do now