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Johnson: US Must Wage War With Iran Because of Its “Misguided Religion” (truthout.org)

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[–] Lucius_Sweet@lemmy.world 13 points 8 hours ago (1 children)

It was the CIA who put the "Shah" into power in the 1953 coup. Before this Iran had a democratically elected prime minister who nationalised the country's oil, his name was Mohammad Mosaddegh. The USA have never been big fans of middle Eastern countries controlling their own oil.

[–] TheOneAndOnly@lemmy.world 5 points 6 hours ago (1 children)

Thank you for the correction!

[–] Lucius_Sweet@lemmy.world 5 points 6 hours ago (1 children)

No worries, it's hard to keep track of who America has screwed over and when.

[–] TheOneAndOnly@lemmy.world 2 points 5 hours ago

Indeed. We're the baddies, Hans...