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Originally Posted by StuartD
Well, do you seriously think that Iran felt the same way about the US before Operation Ajax as they do now, or do you think that the US's meddling may have created a little bit of tension?
Do you really think that if the US had used Operation Ajax with the best intentions of the Iranian people, instead of their own best intentions, that maybe things might be a tad different now?
Or are they just evil and would want hate Americans just the same?
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All irrelevant. Governments must act in the rationaly in the presentl to protect their national interest with the future in mind. Decisions made by past administrations in different geo-political times should not cloud the judgement of the present and the future. In fact, it would be a grave error. Do not misconstrue my statement to mean that administrations should not learn from history,
If the US were to follow your way of thinking:
a) Japan would still be a third world country desperately trying to fire some nukes at the US for screwing them over in WWII
b) Germany would be PISSED
c) The US would allow a crazy idiot to run around the middle east with nukes blowing up jews at will cause they 'feel bad' about 'messing with them' oh so many times in the past.
d) Russia would still be bitter
e) Central america? dont even go there!
It's the same as the Isreali/Palistinian situation. We can sit here and talk about how Britain was 'wrong' and the UN was 'wrong' and that the land that is now Israel never should have been split up the way it was and blah blah blah.
But that's just a gigantic waste of time and it disounts the present reality and solutiuons that will lead to a better future in favour of a distorted 'hind-sight-is-20/20 "I told you so"' past.