guess what? they did! and guess who the party poopers were? the Americans! surprised?
read this if you want to learn a little history (warning: this is way too much information if you still cannot find your country on the map)
in 50s the Iranians elected their prime minister: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mosadegh. But since in any democratic country people demand their share of natural resources (read oil), that conflicted with US and British's free access to other people's s***: the rest is history (from the article above):
Operation Ajax: "On April 4, 1953, CIA director Dulles approved US$1 million to be used 'in any way that would bring about the fall of Mossadegh.' Soon the CIA's Tehran station started to launch a propaganda campaign against Mossadegh... Funded with money from the U.S. CIA and the British MI6, the pro-monarchy forces, led by retired army General and former Minister of Interior in Mossadegh's cabinet, Fazlollah Zahedi, gained the upper hand on 19 August 1953 (28 Mordad). The military intervened as the pro-Shah tank regiments stormed the capital and bombarded the prime minister's official residence."
This is a well-documented historical example with all the CIA documents published now. There are lots of conspiracy about the influence of the US and UK in the more recent events such as the 70's revolution.
What is very amusing is that you guys screw up the region, then complain about how the people don't have balls to do anything about it, and then when the time is right you move in to liberate (read kill) them all.
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guess what? they did! and guess who the party poopers were? the Americans! surprised? read this if you want to learn a little history (warning: this is way too much information if you still cannot find your country on the map) in 50s the Iranians elected their prime minister: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mosadegh. But since in any democratic country people demand their share of natural resources (read oil), that conflicted with US and British's free access to other people's s***: the rest is history (from the article above): Operation Ajax: "On April 4, 1953, CIA director Dulles approved US$1 million to be used 'in any way that would bring about the fall of Mossadegh.' Soon the CIA's Tehran station started to launch a propaganda campaign against Mossadegh... Funded with money from the U.S. CIA and the British MI6, the pro-monarchy forces, led by retired army General and former Minister of Interior in Mossadegh's cabinet, Fazlollah Zahedi, gained the upper hand on 19 August 1953 (28 Mordad). The military intervened as the pro-Shah tank regiments stormed the capital and bombarded the prime minister's official residence." This is a well-documented historical example with all the CIA documents published now. There are lots of conspiracy about the influence of the US and UK in the more recent events such as the 70's revolution. What is very amusing is that you guys screw up the region, then complain about how the people don't have balls to do anything about it, and then when the time is right you move in to liberate (read kill) them all.