http://acepilots.com/mt/2006/08/25/so-what/ knowing how to win wars since before 1993 Fri, 22 Aug 2008 00:02:41 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.1.2 http://acepilots.com/mt/2006/08/25/so-what/#comment-106483 rbj Fri, 25 Aug 2006 19:59:34 +0000 http://acepilots.com/mt/2006/08/25/so-what/#comment-106483 Not to mention the Shah was a rational sumbitch, and not a(n external) terrorist supporting sumbitch. Not to mention the Shah was a rational sumbitch, and not a(n external) terrorist supporting sumbitch.

]]> http://acepilots.com/mt/2006/08/25/so-what/#comment-106739 Alon Levy Sat, 26 Aug 2006 10:05:58 +0000 http://acepilots.com/mt/2006/08/25/so-what/#comment-106739 On the other hand, the Shah was so fascist and unpopular that he caused the Iranians to back Khomeini in desperation. So overthrowing Mossadegh wasn't such a good idea after all. On the other hand, the Shah was so fascist and unpopular that he caused the Iranians to back Khomeini in desperation. So overthrowing Mossadegh wasn’t such a good idea after all.

]]> http://acepilots.com/mt/2006/08/25/so-what/#comment-106800 rachel Sat, 26 Aug 2006 12:01:26 +0000 http://acepilots.com/mt/2006/08/25/so-what/#comment-106800 But that's yesterday's news. We have to deal with the situation as it is now. But that’s yesterday’s news. We have to deal with the situation as it is now.

]]> http://acepilots.com/mt/2006/08/25/so-what/#comment-107118 Alon Levy Sat, 26 Aug 2006 21:37:51 +0000 http://acepilots.com/mt/2006/08/25/so-what/#comment-107118 Oh, of course we do. I have little patience for the Chomskyite argument that an evil done 50 years ago implies that the US should be non-interventionist now. The story of Mossadegh/the Shah is relevant to Venezuela, not Iran. Oh, of course we do. I have little patience for the Chomskyite argument that an evil done 50 years ago implies that the US should be non-interventionist now. The story of Mossadegh/the Shah is relevant to Venezuela, not Iran.

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