Steven LaTulippe writes:
"In essence, the United States [in 1953] had engaged in a massive covert operation designed to remove a democratically elected [Iranian] leader from power and reinstall an authoritarian monarch (a move which makes a mockery of our currently stated desire to 'spread democracy' in the Middle East)...
"If Mossadeq’s regime had been permitted to continue, it is entirely possible that Iran could have evolved into an authentic democracy. American interventionism destroyed that opportunity and set the stage for many of the tragedies currently haunting the Middle East...
"If America is ever to have even remotely cordial relations with Iran, we must accept responsibility for the terrible effects of Operation Ajax and admit that we had no right to intervene in a controversy that was wholly the business of the Iranian people...
"While the American public often quickly forgets the interventions and mischievous actions of its government, our overseas victims seldom do. The current climate of international terrorism should prompt the American people to take a more active interest, since these transgressions often come back to haunt us in the most unexpected ways."
America, Iran, and Operation Ajax: The Burden of the Past by Steven LaTulippe
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