Mossadegh was ‘elected’ by the Majlis however he squandered any goodwell by indulging is the oldest of chestnut recipes; nationalization of industry: in particular Anglo Persian Petroleum (now BP-Amoco)Now 50 years later, most people see nationalization as a boondogle, that feeds Pharaonic public works projects, outfits maniacal secret police organs, and amasses huge fortunes for the apparatchik oligarchy (that’s why Chavez, Morales, & Correa are pursuing it) That was a strong impetus for Middle class elements, to oppose him; along with the extreme secular viewpoint, that attracted the ire of Ayatollah
Kashani. Ruhollah Khomeini, had shown opossition to the regime as
early as 1941, at the time it was
against the appeasement of Nazi
forces in the Middle East, like
Rashid Ali Kailani in nearby Iraq.
Under pressure by the likes of the
Kennedy administration, the Shah
approved the “White Revolution”
in land reform, that upset the
traditional oligarchies, while not
noticeably helping the poor. It was
in the immediate aftermath of this
introduction, that Khomeini, began
to preach against the regime, for which he was exiled to Najaf, in Iraq! for 15 years, The SAVAk that arose after the Shah’s return, was not noticeably more savage than the Mukharabats that sprang up from Egypt to Syria and Jordan, or Saudi General Intelligence; the former tutored by ‘german emigres with long intelligence backgrounds’ like Alois Brunner, Eichmann’s deputy; who set about building a poison gas rocket program for Nasser; until Yitzak Shamir scotched hs plans. However, in the aftermath of Vietnam
and Watergate, beginning with Frances Fitzgerald, there began agitation against the Shah, as the
great successor in the pantheon of
Batista, Chiang, Diem, et al. In
that light, the Ayatollah’s screeds
from Najaf, and briefly Paris, made
him the living Buddhist monk, when
he was really the second coming of
Savaranola. The most clueless of these had to be Richard Falk, emeritus Princeton professor, who saw in him the New Ghandi, sadly he
hasn’t learned anything new since then, In this whirlwind of
revolution, the Ayatollah took power; hiding in the tattered guise
of Mossadegh’s old coalition (mostly
Bani Sadr. It would soon come to pass, that the SAVAk would be replaced , in order of magnitude
by VEVAK-Sepah (IRGC) as the DGI
replaced the BRAC, as the Cheka
replaced the Okrana, well you get
the idea. It was in this context
that the US approached the unlikely
ally of Soviet Russia, and Gaullist
France, Iraq, against what they considered a greater enemy, the
Saudis and Kuwait, went along with
half the industrialized world. Interesting one splinter part of the anti-american coalition in Iran,
was the MEK; whose NCR affiliates have been most accurate in gauging
the dangers of modern Irsn,
particularly their nuclear program.
It is ironic, that one party seems
so offended at the ‘fascist’ reference as it has wielded against
Mr. Ledeen countless times, because
of his early interest in D’Annunzio
historical role, his work to support
NATo in the era of neo-communism, his support for the beleagered intelligence agencies (stands that
won him the opprobium of former
Phillip Agee acquaintance Sydney
Blumenthal; they edited a collection
of pre-moonbat conspiracy essays under the KGB’ false flag imprint)
Through his Israeli contacts he
approached what he thought were
moderate mullah’s; Karrubi, the
lead figure, has turned out to be one; in the Khatami sense of the
word, however other elements like
Feridoun Nezhi-Nashad, planner of
the Buenos Aires outrages, has proved less promising (this last
point is according to Bob Baer’
account)