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“Would It Kill Us to Apologize to Iran for the Coup?”
Robert Naiman
Posted February 4, 2009 | 01:34 PM
http://www.justforeignpolicy.org/about/r_naiman.html
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mohammed_Mossadegh#Prime_Minister
If the US and Britain and France had removed Hitler from power in Germany in 1934 we would be hearing from the Left that we should apologize.
Even the PC Wikipedia if you read the details admits that Mossadegh was a 3rd world strong man bent on power and willing to turn to the Soviet Union to get help.
Quote from Wiki
Mosaddeq then moved to dissolve parliament, in spite of the Constitutional provision which gave the Shah sole authority to dissolve Parliament. After taking the additional step of abolishing the Constitutional guarantee of a “secret ballot”, Mosaddeq’s victory in the national plebiscite was assured. The electorate was forced into a non-secret ballot and Mosaddeq won 99.93% of the vote. The tactics employed by Mosaddeq to remain in power were dictatorial in their result, playing into the hands of those who wished to see him removed.[citation needed] Parliament was suspended indefinitely, and Mosaddeq’s emergency powers were extended.
“The tactics employed by Mosaddeq to remain in power were dictatorial in their result, playing into the hands of those who wished to see him removed.“
What weasel breath.
If we had removed Hitler in 1934, they would be saying that Hitler’s actions played into the hands of the wily British, simpleton Americans and emotionally overwrought French once again. The calls for us to apologize for overthrowing Hitler would be coming from everywhere on the Left.
Mosaddeq was a power hungry 3rd world strong man who wanted total power. He took away the secret ballot and the vote was over 99 percent for him. That’s fraud and fear. Mosaddeq was an evil dictator in the mold of Stalin, Hitler and Saddam. Stopping him was something Iran should thank us for.
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“Would It Kill Us to Apologize to Iran for the Coup?”
Yes. Every time we betray the truth it kills us inside.
April 21, 2009 at 1:41 am
Very interesting. You have given me the impression that Stephen Kinzer’s book about the 1953 coup in Iran “All the Shah’s men” was an inaccurate, if not total distortion of the situation. By the way, I have not read Kinzer’s book.
July 7, 2009 at 9:06 am
This is absolutely correct! Mossadeq was in fact a very authocratic person who didn’t tolerate other people’s views. It is therefore highly ironic that the world media and numerous authors portray him as a democratic icon! He staged a fraudulent referendum where he got 99.3% of the votes, he illegally dissolved the Majles, and he forced thousands of military staff and other officials in to early retirement. Mossadeq used the oil-nationalization-card to gain popularity with the masses, but his agenda was a personal one – He loathed the Pahlavi monarchy since it had replaced the royal dynasty that preceeded it, and to which he belonged! During his short-lived reign, Mossadeq managed to endanger the national security of Iran by playing in to the hands of the Soviets by cooperating with communist forces on one hand, and causing the Brits to threaten with an invasion of Iran on the other. He also managed to devastate the Iranian economy by causing foreign experts to pull out of Iran which resulted in a paralyze of the Iranian oil industry. This is why I don’t trust what I read and hear about any historical figure or incident!