Nevanmaa wrote:The Three Cantons wrote:Overthrowing the legal government of a country because Murica didnt like them is fine for YOU?
When a country right next to an evil empire that was the Soviet Union elects a pro-communist prime minister who goes around stealing other country's property, it is more than justified. It was the duty of the West to depose that communist thug.
Those are actually good points. Most anti-communist CIA coups were very justifiable. But in this case, they fucked up. They could have at least tried for elections after that. Instead, they set the stage for the Ayatollah to seize power just to satisfy very temporary economic concerns.