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Johnson: US Must Wage War With Iran Because of Its “Misguided Religion” (truthout.org)
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[–] 14 points 8 months ago (4 children)

Yeah... Probably nothing to do with the fact we've been fucking with them since we helped to overthrow their Shah...

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  • [–] 13 points 8 months ago (3 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.

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