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Originally Posted by wtf
I think US gets it more wrong on the initial story than being actively greedy. Look at this story for example.
Ayatollah is actually doing the right thing for the country, but New York Times (a paper I have some respect for) actually thinks that it is a sign of weakness and predicts the Ayatollah will be overthrown.
http://www.nytimes.com/2009/06/16/wo...cleric.html?hp
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Few suggest yet that Ayatollah Khamenei’s hold on power is at risk. But, analysts say, he has opened a serious fissure in the face of Islamic rule and one that may prove impossible to patch over, particularly given the fierce dispute over the election that has erupted amid the elite veterans of the 1979 revolution. Even his strong links to the powerful Revolutionary Guards — long his insurance policy — may not be decisive as the confrontation in Iran unfolds.
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Yes that's an interesting take on Khamenei's decision.
The BBC analyst in Tehran said much the same as well. The suggestion being that his support for Ahmedinejad during the campaign and after the election cast him in too partial a light for such an exercise to be credible.
Most of the US media focused on analogies to the 1979 revolution, but my mind kept flashing back to the overthrow of the popularly elected Mossadegh by a CIA covert operation, through similar street protests and a demolition of Mossadegh's credibility through disinformation and carefully orchestrated events.
