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« on: January 31, 2019, 03:52:20 PM » |
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Could the US government in 1978/79 have prevented the Iranian revolution from happening? It's probably fair to say that the Shah couldn't last much longer (he died shortly after anyway). Was Khomeini underestimated by the CIA or why was there no attempt to stop him? He was pretty radical in French exile, and if the US intelligence had known what danger he poses they could have taken care of him?
I think there may have been a small time window after he arrived back in Tehran because the Iranian military was neutral between all factions in the beginning. Once he was in power, it was probably too late. The only solution to take out his mullah regime would have been a ground war that may have ended up like Vietnam or Afghanistan ended for the Soviets.
Any thoughts?
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