Roudy
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Do you really think a Democracy would have been established then, or would all the instabilty have given the Russians the green light to invade Iran, acquire its oil fields, control over the Persian Gulf, and a warm water seaport which would lead to a third world war with nukes this time? Didn't they do exactly THAT to Afganistan when we had another weak president named Carter in office? You see, it's not that simple.You need to have lived in a Middle Eastern country to understand that establishing anything resembling a democracy would take 3 to 4 decades at least. Did Iran establish a "democracy" when the Shah was removed? Did Egypt and all those "Arab Spring" countries? You need to understand the culture of a people that have lived like this for thousands of years, the high illiteracy rate (which doesn't lend well to having a democracy), the religiosity of the people and the religion itself (which very clearly is the antecedent of democracy) and their history. You cannot place the European or American models for democracy on the middle east.Ah..so exactly what was the remedy to imperialism?
How do you think America handled it?
They ask the king nicely to become independent?
But you are free to think what you want. Whereas I'm coming from a point of view of real life experience with me and generations of my family having gone through several such "revolutions " in the middle east.
They VOTED in a president. America didn't like him..and had him removed. Then they INSTALLED a Shah.
Seems they tried Democracy..and fair play. And the very people that espouse that..beat down their Democracy.
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