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Endoscopy7 months ago

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So when is he going to admit what President Jimmy Carter openly avowed to other world leaders that he was going to take down the Shah. That is what gave us the present regime of terrorists.

This was a major turning point. Putting the more rabid clerics in charge of the nation.

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  PapaWolf7 months ago
  
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  >>President Jimmy Carter openly avowed to other world leaders that he was going to take down the Shah.
  
  Having known a member of the Shah's general staff, you're a bit mistaken here. Carter offered the Shah assistance. The Shah turned him down because he didn't want to unleash his military on the population.
  
  As he & his son told me, they could've stopped Khomeni, but there would've been a LOT of civilian casualties.
  
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