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wnylib

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5. Yes. I know about the overthrow of Mossadegh

Reply to DJ Synikus Makisimus (Reply #2)

Mon Mar 16, 2026, 07:20 PM

Mar 16

and installation of the Shah. So you're right that US involvement in the ME does go back farther than Reagan.

Even earlier was the breakup of the Ottoman Empire and European assignment of boundaries and protectorates before my lifetime.

I guess I was thinking of events that I remember. I was too young to personally recall the installation of the Shah in Iran although I remember well the revolution that deposed him.

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Ever since St. Raygun, RW politicians have had their sights on the Middle East. [View all] wnylib Mar 16 OP

Reagan/Falwell czarjak Mar 16 #1

Hostility with Iran goes back before that. DJ Synikus Makisimus Mar 16 #2

Yes. I know about the overthrow of Mossadegh wnylib Mar 16 #5

Actually, Reagan was more keen to pulling out of the Mid-East. Xolodno Mar 16 #3

Didn't Reagan bomb Khadafi's compound, killing one of his children? wnylib Mar 16 #4

Yes, in retaliation for the bombing of a night club in West Berlin popular with American soldiers hardluck Mar 16 #7

If I remember right, Reagan/Bush also made a deal wnylib Mar 16 #8

Ok. Not sure the relevance to my answer hardluck Mar 16 #9

I was just recalling the Reagan involvement in ME events. wnylib Mar 16 #10

True in some ways, Gerald Ford is the last president to not order a military operation in the middle east. tritsofme Mar 16 #6