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US had stable relations with Shah for 38 years, but the 39th year was extremely unstable! & we've been paying for the "false promise of autocratic stability" ever since. (So have the Iranian people.) — PolitiTweet.org

@McFaul But @McFaul Democracy is not key because the US has stable relations with a long list of dictators and auto… https://t.co/S8VPojPsrA

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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

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

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Michael McFaul @McFaul

I wrote about this paradox in chapter four of his book: https://t.co/SQLk9J9rZ8 — PolitiTweet.org

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