Jesus Christ. This comes up every time. Read up on Mossadegh. He would have been overthrown regardless of what the UK or US did. He was seriously unpopular at the time.
"Engineered a coup" was more like Diem in Vietnam. Tacit approval more than orchestrating something that would otherwise never would have happened.
Prove that Mossadergh wasn't popular! Mossadegh enjoyed massive popularity at different times during his political career, but his position as Prime Minister was never due to a nationwide poll (he was PM on two separate occasions). Please show however that he "would have been overthrown without the CIA engineered coup" LOL.
Also show me when a popular government was able to successfully nationalize a resource where Britain or USA had favorable terms or interests, and nothing bad happened. Even Britain's own declassified documents show that this coup was an alternative to military action.
Even when China tried to block the opium trade they got the opium wars.
Or show me where they were able to successfully take away a foreign corporation's ability to enjoy unfair tax breaks like the United Fruit Company did, leading to an overthrow of Guatemala's government.
That's what state capitalism does. Read Smedley Butler
> Jesus Christ. This comes up every time. Read up on Mossadegh. He would have been overthrown regardless of what the UK or US did. He was seriously unpopular at the time.
Just like the leader of Congo was unpopular before the CIA decided to overthrow him? just like the leader of Guatemala was unpopular before the CIA decided to overthrow him? just like many many more? Read up all these :
"Engineered a coup" was more like Diem in Vietnam. Tacit approval more than orchestrating something that would otherwise never would have happened.