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Originally posted by Henry:
what details? The Brits overthrew him in the first place. They won't put him back. Their policy is to just periodically overthrow whatever government they last installed in Iran, so that Iran never becomes modern and stable.

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Originally posted by Lucas:
The British and the Americans installed them, terminating a democratic tradition that existed in the country until then. They were actually overthrown by the Islamic revolution the ayatollahs. That's why the Brits and the Americans are so upset. They want their puppet friends back giving the Americans oil for free "a la Saudi Arabia"

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Originally posted by Henry:

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Originally posted by Lucas:
The British and the Americans installed them, terminating a democratic tradition that existed in the country until then. They were actually overthrown by the Islamic revolution the ayatollahs. That's why the Brits and the Americans are so upset. They want their puppet friends back giving the Americans oil for free "a la Saudi Arabia"

News flash: the Ayatollahs are also their puppet friends. The BBC was beaming Khomeini's speeches into Iran 24 hours a day prior to the "Islamic Revolution." The joke in Iran was that if you look under the mullah's robe, it says "Made in England." The objective was to halt the Shah's modernization program. The Brits have a policy of perpetual regime change.