The Folly of Attacking Iran: Lessons from History
	
		
			03 Sep 2008
		
		Submitted by: marc   Publisher: 
www.JustForeignPolicy.org
	 
	
		Iranians demand that they be able to control their own oil. The
nascent democracy was crushed and the Shah installed in 1953. US
covert actions and threats create the backlash. There is no
alternative to negotiations and diplomacy, sharing power and
mending our own pockets.
	
	
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