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Is Trump About To Blow His Record Of No New Wars?

Cooky

Cooky

Veteran Member
sooda said:
Post war Britain needed cheap oil and simply screwed the Iranian people.. Their oil revenue share was something ridiculous like 6% going directly to the Shah.. when every other oil producing country was getting a 50-50 split. Mossadeeg wanted to invest in Iran's future and the people.. When it all shook out, the Mossadeeg was gone and Iran got 13% of oil revenues.

Every American in the Middle East.. Everyone in the oil business knew it was a major FUBAR.. even those who otherwise liked Eisenhower Republicanism.
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6% maybe went to the Shah because the oil industry was private. Mosaddegh swept the rug out from everyone when he nationalized the oil industry, which was a major blow to those who were already in it knee deep.

A lot of people would be very angry if they spent their lives dealing and trading in an industry only to have it stripped away from them in an instant.

It was a display of recklessness and carelessness for others.
 
Revoltingest

Revoltingest

Pragmatic Libertarian
Premium Member
Landon Caeli said:
6% maybe went to the Shah because the oil industry was private. Mosaddegh swept the rug out from everyone when he nationalized the oil industry, which was a major blow to those who were already in it knee deep.

A lot of people would be very angry if they spent their lives dealing and trading in an industry only to have it stripped away from them in an instant.

It was a display of recklessness and carelessness for others.
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But this was their country.
We had no right to stage a coup.
 
Cooky

Cooky

Veteran Member
...Once he started acting socialist, everyone wondered if they would turn communist.

At that point in time, the tides had turned. Many Iranians were also concerned.
 
sealchan

sealchan

Well-Known Member
Revoltingest said:
For a couple years now, he's been ramping up hostilities with Iran.
And now current events begin to smell like a nascent conflagration.

Saudi oil tankers hit by 'sabotage attack' amid US-Iran tensions
TWO Saudi oil tankers were hit by a "sabotage attack" off the United Arab Emirates, it was announced this morning - as tensions flare between the US and Iran.
The ships were struck off the coast of the port of Fujairah - with one of the tankers due to be loaded with Saudi crude oil bound for the United States.


Iran commander calls U.S. military in Gulf a target not a threat -ISNA
GENEVA, May 12 (Reuters) - A senior Iranian Revolutionary Guards commander said on Sunday the U.S. military presence in the Gulf used to be a serious threat but now represents a target, the Iranian Students' News Agency (ISNA) reported.

The U.S. military has sent forces, including an aircraft carrier and B-52 bombers, to the Middle East in a move that U.S. officials said was made to counter "clear indications" of threats from Iran to American forces in the region.

The USS Abraham Lincoln is replacing another carrier rotated out of the Gulf last month.

"An aircraft carrier that has at least 40 to 50 planes on it and 6,000 forces gathered within it was a serious threat for us in the past but now it is a target and the threats have switched to opportunities," said Amirali Hajizadeh, head of the Guards' aerospace division.
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It will depend on what side Putin falls on...and that appears, according to Wikipedia, to be with Iran. So no war.
 
C

columbus

yawn <ignore> yawn
sealchan said:
It will depend on what side Putin falls on...and that appears, according to Wikipedia, to be with Iran. So no war.
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Why would Putin object to the USA starting yet another disastrous military op?

I believe that Putin wants to push the USA off the "sole remaining superpower" hill. So does China. And they're winning.
Because Trump is easily lead by better players. Like the autocrats of our global adversaries( notice that I didn't use the word "enemy") .
Tom
 
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