I will say that Jimmy Carter was an inferior President of the United States. And he was also a political failure after he departed the White House. But why should the United States have any right to who is the leader of Iran?
The US helped the British regime install the Shah of Iran against the wishes of the people of Iran! Whether the people of Iran were better off or worse off during the 26 years under the control of the Mohammed Reza Pahlavi should not be the concern of the United States. But there were many that died in Iran during those years, at the orders of Pahlavi. Should we feel better because of those deaths? I don't. We would have been better off if Eisenhower would have told Elizabeth to just stick the idea of overthrowing Mohammed Mossadegh into the deepest hole she could find, and forget about assisting the British monarchy in such a stupid plan. Be mindful that the reason Iran took our embassy workers as hostages was because they found out that we helped the overthrow of their properly-elected leader 26 years earlier.
Very well said Chuck! He fooled a lot of people. But he created many big messes.
Not to mention the grain embargo against Russia. Hurt the United States agriculture sector and did very little damage to Russia.
I will say that Jimmy Carter was an inferior President of the United States. And he was also a political failure after he departed the White House. But why should the United States have any right to who is the leader of Iran?
The US helped the British regime install the Shah of Iran against the wishes of the people of Iran! Whether the people of Iran were better off or worse off during the 26 years under the control of the Mohammed Reza Pahlavi should not be the concern of the United States. But there were many that died in Iran during those years, at the orders of Pahlavi. Should we feel better because of those deaths? I don't. We would have been better off if Eisenhower would have told Elizabeth to just stick the idea of overthrowing Mohammed Mossadegh into the deepest hole she could find, and forget about assisting the British monarchy in such a stupid plan. Be mindful that the reason Iran took our embassy workers as hostages was because they found out that we helped the overthrow of their properly-elected leader 26 years earlier.