On Iraq, see: http://www.eurolegal.org/neoconwars/usandiraq.htm http://www.globalpolicy.org/security/issues/iraq/history/1963cialist.htm It is well established that the US was acting as a CIA hitman in the 1959. assassination attempt on Gen. Abd al-Karim Qasim. It is also well established that the US supported the bloody 1963. Baath coup, which brought Saddam back into Iraq and made him the head of the secret intelligence apparatus, thus paving the way to the top position. Have you any evidence for the claim that the USSR had controlled Iran ? O.K. --- Eric Yost <eyost1132@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > Judy: We do of course know that the US supported > Hussein > once he had gained office. > > > Just as we know that the CIA installed the Shah of > Iran. But > what few realize is that prior to that, the Soviets > controlled Iran. Why do you think Stalin insisted on > a > conference in Tehran? Because he didn't want to > travel out > of an area of Soviet control. > > So excuuuuuuuuse us for (a) deposing a Soviet proxy > government in Iran, and (b) playing the Iraqis > against the > Islamist Revolutionary government in Iran during > their > border war. > > If we hadn't done that we'd have been idiots. > Context is > everything. > > ------------------------------------------------------------------ > To change your Lit-Ideas settings (subscribe/unsub, > vacation on/off, > digest on/off), visit > www.andreas.com/faq-lit-ideas.html > __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around http://mail.yahoo.com ------------------------------------------------------------------ To change your Lit-Ideas settings (subscribe/unsub, vacation on/off, digest on/off), visit www.andreas.com/faq-lit-ideas.html