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| quote: | Originally posted by Yoepus
I always find how people always change basically a British coup into an Ameircan with British support coup when it was the exact opposite |
I don't think I said it was American with British support, I just said both nations were involved...
http://www.pbs.org/newshour/bb/midd.../iran_3-17.html
Read what Madeleine Albright had to say about that...
"In 1953 the United States played a significant role in orchestrating the overthrow of Iran's popular prime minister, Mohammed Mossadegh"
| quote: | Originally posted by Yoepus
Regardless, the USA can obtain oil with Iraq if it chose to and in many indirect ways it does it. However, the US choses not to recongize the Iranian government, in kind the Iranian government doesn't chose to recongize the USA. And it wasn't till the Shas' revolution I believe till this happened.
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Well that's because the Shah was put in power by the British and Americans (there, happy? I put Britain first this time).
| quote: | Originally posted by Yoepus
If extremist take over control of the Arab nations, I don't doubt they woudl be much like Iran. The argument here is if the people take control of the Arab nations will they behave in the same fashion. I don't think so, I think they will sell their oil to the west, even if they 'don't want to'. Regardless, they will surely sell it to Europe and Asia which are the primary oil buyers of middle east oil regardless. |
You're right in that the country will still sell oil to the US and others, but it would be at a higher price and the revenues would go to the country itself and its local companies, instead of foreign companies like Halliburton and (specific to Iran) the Anglo-Iranian Oil Company.
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