I meant what I said, I don't understand the point you are trying to get across by what you posted. Don't down voat just restate it. Thanks.

"Free, open, democracy in the middle east" ... no.

Seriously. I have know idea what point you just tried to make. Can you restate it for me? Thanks

this is literally exactly what the guy who said he worked for the KGB said the soviets did. destabilization.

Your tax dollars at work. Serving the corporate elite.

But of course, we must not blame the US government for terrorism or Islamic extremism.

I like how people get pissy about what the government does for resources but never mention how much of their lifestyle they are willing to give up to stop it. If your not wiling to ride a bus or walk to work you are part of the "problem".

Mossadegh was attempting to seize British property and was hobnobbing with Communists to the point that even Iran's clerics feared a red takeover. Both they and Churchill wanted us to act and we did - and during a time that especially with the Korean War going on heightened fears of Communist expansion prevailed.

I seem to recall Obama apologizing for it anyway. Not that he should have.