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wandy

(3,539 posts)
3. Once again the GOP gives it's minions what they want most.....
Wed Nov 27, 2013, 01:40 PM
Nov 2013

Fear.
Hate.

It's all they have to offer.

 

Vietnameravet

(1,085 posts)
4. Sickening one sided video
Wed Nov 27, 2013, 01:47 PM
Nov 2013

referring to the pro Western government that was overthrown while ignoring its record of bloodshed and oppression..

ET Awful

(24,753 posts)
8. And also ignoring the fact that the Shah was propped up by the US and the US support of his regime
Wed Nov 27, 2013, 02:27 PM
Nov 2013

is what led directly to the Shah's overthrow and led to the ability of Khomeini to take power.

 

Vietnameravet

(1,085 posts)
12. Oh! minor details!!
Wed Nov 27, 2013, 05:40 PM
Nov 2013

Funny how the righties think,,.,if you point that out to them the will accuse you of "blaming America first!"

W T F

(1,146 posts)
6. And while the Ayatollah Khomeini was saying all his anti-American rhetoric,,,,,,,,,,,,,
Wed Nov 27, 2013, 01:58 PM
Nov 2013

Ronald Reagan, The Paton Saint of the GOP, was selling missiles to him, behind our back. OH!!! THE IRONY!!!!! IT BURNS!!!!!!!!!

AtheistCrusader

(33,982 posts)
7. Forgot all about 1952, eh?
Wed Nov 27, 2013, 02:01 PM
Nov 2013

Whoopsie, forgot all about that whole CIA coup that overthrew their government, and then the period where we propped up a tin pot dictator, the Shah. A man who brutalized his own people, with OUR aid.

Yeah, time starts in 1979. Derp.

JHB

(37,158 posts)
9. That would undercut all the hare-em-scare-em...
Wed Nov 27, 2013, 03:22 PM
Nov 2013

After all, if they showed any chink in the "they're crazed fanatics who want to kill us all for not reason" portrayal, it might engage people' brains enough to remember some basic numbers:
Iran: might eventually kinda get one nuke, and smuggle it over here somehow.
US: already has thousands of nukes, with proven intercontinental delivery systems.

JHB

(37,158 posts)
10. So ham-handed it should be honey-glazed
Wed Nov 27, 2013, 03:27 PM
Nov 2013

Did these guys used to make old Soviet propaganda films?

progressoid

(49,987 posts)
11. Youtube: "Comments currently unavailable."
Wed Nov 27, 2013, 04:31 PM
Nov 2013

I was about to respond to a douche on youtube but when i signed in I got "Comments currently unavailable."

Also, ratings disabled.

Cowards.

deutsey

(20,166 posts)
14. This has popped up repeatedly lately when I go to YouTube
Wed Nov 27, 2013, 06:46 PM
Nov 2013

I love how it says a "pro-western" gov't was overthrown by the revolution in Iran while completely glossing over how the US installed the brutal Shah regime after overthrowing a democratically elected government in 1953.

It's a good thing for these propagandists that the American public has next to zero historical context for anything more than a news cycle old.

erpowers

(9,350 posts)
15. The Mushroom Cloud Again
Wed Nov 27, 2013, 08:41 PM
Nov 2013

The person behind this video decided to return to Bush Administration route of using the chance of a mushroom cloud to scare people. The details of this plan are meant to prevent the sight of any mushroom clouds. If all goes well Iran will not get a nuclear weapon.

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