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[Kirkland Laing]

They were GOING to get help from communists...this was the very begining of the Cold War you do realize this right?

What would happen had the USSR been given the frinedship to the biggest oil producers? Well the US and UK would be SOL that's what would freaking happen!

And who caused this to be an issue?? ENGLAND admit your guilt!

Russia and Iran have a history dating back centuries. What could Russia have done to "fix" Iran's problem?

[El Kabong]

MIDDLE OF THE COLD WAR!

Just the thought of the USSR controlling vast amounts of oil and cozying up to Iran would obviously drive the immaginations wild in a very VERY bad way.

England knew what was going to happen and they needed America to help them out and low and behold the "Oh my God they are turning commie!" drum that the Brits were beating got Ike to get involved. When you guys just wanted to keep your big money and keep screwing the Iranians which is what Harry Truman saw and he turned you down.

Face it, England caused all this trouble and America has kept on screwing it up once you passed the problem on to us

[Kirkland Laing]

How would Russia control Iran's oil?

[El Kabong]

If you don't understand that Russia would get a huge deal (bargain price oil) by helping Iran while they were blockaded by the British then what can I say....you're a retard.

[Kirkland Laing]

If you don't understand that Russia would get a huge deal (bargain price oil) by helping Iran while they were blockaded by the British then what can I say....you're a retard.

The USSR have been a net exporter of oil since before WW2. That means they produce more than they use and sell the rest. Iran historically didn't get on too well with Russia and would have made a deal with the Brits rather than deal with the Russians. Iran have to export their oil via the Persian gulf and would have had no alternative but to eventually negotiate. The US didn't wait and overthrew their democratically elected government, then went on an ovethrowing-governments spree in the rest of the world. So this was just one small part of an overarching picture of US imperialism.

[El Kabong]

OK the idea of Iran being Communist and in cahoots with Russia would make America nervous and England sold that to the US and the US had to intervene.

You're still at fault

[Kirkland Laing]

OK the idea of Iran being Communist and in cahoots with Russia would make America nervous and England sold that to the US and the US had to intervene.

You're still at fault

So you're back to claiming Britain dictates US foreign policy.

The reason the US intervened was that your new president wanted Iran and its oil to remain in the western sphere of influence and so overthrew the government. Nothing whatsoever to do with th Brits asking America to do it.