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  1. 01-03-2018, 16:39 #20
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    Default Re: Unrest in Iran

    Quote Originally Posted by Husar View Post
    Didn't they install the Shah to protect British financial interests in the first place?
    Along with other Oil companies. All who lost their assets. And I imagine the USA was looking forward to their own interests as the British Empire crumbled and they'd rather the USSR didn't stroll in.

    But this is some time in the past and many other intractable foes have come to peace - France and Germany for one simple example. We don't keep hearing about Verdun where more lives and money was blown to pieces.

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