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Yes, there was also an earlier oil crisis under Nixon.

My point was that the economy was NOT healthy under Carter.

Regarding Mossadegh, etc., Carter's Attorney General Ramsey Clark wrote that U.S. policy toward Iran and Iraq was to support the opposition, overthrow the government, support the new opposition, overthrow the new government, etc. See Chapter 1 of "The Fire This Time":

https://archive.org/details/firethistimeuswa00clar

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