We love democracy as long as it’s OUR kind of democracy. It was our CIA that deposed democratically elected Mohammad Mossadegh in 1953 and installed Shah. Today we and Israel pay the price for that decision.
We love democracy as long as it’s OUR kind of democracy. It was our CIA that deposed democratically elected Mohammad Mossadegh in 1953 and installed Shah. Today we and Israel pay the price for that decision.
The anti-Communist obsession screwed a lot of things up. Indochina for one thing. Chile for another. Even now U.S. law enforcement is having a hard time realizing that the most serious threats don't come from leftists or Black radicals or dark-skinned people with Arabic names but from homegrown white right-wingers and neo-fascists. (Yeah, I can guess what part of the problem is here. Probably you can too.)
We love democracy as long as it’s OUR kind of democracy. It was our CIA that deposed democratically elected Mohammad Mossadegh in 1953 and installed Shah. Today we and Israel pay the price for that decision.
The anti-Communist obsession screwed a lot of things up. Indochina for one thing. Chile for another. Even now U.S. law enforcement is having a hard time realizing that the most serious threats don't come from leftists or Black radicals or dark-skinned people with Arabic names but from homegrown white right-wingers and neo-fascists. (Yeah, I can guess what part of the problem is here. Probably you can too.)