ONTD: Politics

One of the most important events in the United States' history went unnoticed and uncelebrated last week. I of course speak of the CIA's coup that ousted Iranian Prime Minister Mohammad Mossadegh on August 19, 1953. Last year, Sam Sasan Shoamanesh of MIT wrote a fantastic in-depth look at the event and the implications it had on these two great countries. I recommend that everyone read it, but since it is rather long, I will post choice excerpts beneath the cut.  It's still going to be a really long post, just so you've been warned.

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I really hope you take the time to read the entire article.  And then, if you're feeling adventurous, you may want to take a look at Stephen Kinzer's All the Shah's Men, which documents the event from a more personal perspective.  Anyway, I hope you think of this story the next time you turn on the news and someone is talking about the evil, repressive nation of Iran.