Michael McFaul @McFaul
1953 was a giant US mistake. To the 2nd claim, that's exactly what US strategists used to say about the Shah in Iran. He was a great ally for 38 years. He was a really bad ally in that 39th year! (Prediction: US-KSA relations won't be so stable in coming decades.) — PolitiTweet.org
ian bremmer @ianbremmer
One problem with this argument is the US overthrew the last Iranian democracy in 1953. A second is that some of t… https://t.co/TqHTMn2Pdy