We have made Iran a boogeyman since at least 1979. But our government has terrorized that region for decades in order to control the oil. We should advocate for our government to stay out of Iran and let Netanyahu fend for himself. He is evil and he starts fights with others because he knows we'll blindly support them. It is time that stopped.
The US has toppled an Iranian government before. Here’s what happened
Since Israel began its concerted attack on Iran, calls for regime change have grown louder, with US President Donald Trump and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu raising the possibility of targeting Tehran’s all-powerful leader, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei.
Many Iranians have firsthand experience with the United States enforcing a regime change in their country.
Here’s what happened:
Oil fields: In 1953, the US helped stage a coup to overthrow Iran’s democratically elected prime minister Mohammad Mossadegh.
He had pledged to nationalize the country’s oil fields – a move the US and Great Britain saw as a serious blow, given their dependence on oil from the Middle East.
Height of the Cold War: The move to nationalize was seen as popular in Iran and a victory for the then-USSR.
Strengthen Shah rule: The coup’s goal was to support Iran’s monarch, Mohammad Reza Pahlavi, to rule as Shah of Iran, and appoint a new prime minister, Gen. Fazlollah Zahedi.
The coup: Before the coup, the CIA, along with the British Secret Intelligence Service (SIS), helped foment anti-Mossadegh fervor using propaganda. In 1953, the CIA and SIS helped pull pro-Shah forces together and organized large protests against Mossadegh, which were soon joined by the army.
US cash: To provide Zahedi, the country’s new prime minister, with some stability, the CIA covertly made $5,000,000 available within two days of him taking power, documents showed.
When some here use the excuse that it was in the past as if the past doesn't affect us now, learn that we are the result of the past. As a nation and as individuals. We were created due to the sex that was had in the past by our parents. This is the simplest way to help people understand that the past does have an impact on today. Iran dislikes us because we overthrew a government there. We would not stand for a foreign nation overthrowing our elected leaders. So why should Iran?
This is why we should leave Iran alone.