Liberal Forum

Iraq and Iran. Apples and oranges.Prime Minister Mohammad Mosaddegh had popular support.The United Kingdom and the United States decided to overthrow him because he nationalized Iran's oil.Then they installed the Shah, and Mosaddegh's supporters were rounded up, imprisoned, tortured or executed.And this is why they hate us.It's called blowback.Ask Ron Paul.Who built Iran's oil fields? It wasn't the sand jockeys. It was the British and American oil companies that pumped $$$$ into their oil fields. If it wasn't for us, they'd still be nomads riding camels. They tried to steal the property that didn't belong to them, just as Egypt did with the Suez Canal. Nationalizing other people's property is still theft.