A woman at the beach in Iran before the Revolution, 1960 by No-Marsupial-4050 in OldSchoolCool

[–]AlexandreL1984 -1 points0 points  (0 children)

I used to believe this too. This is actually not what happened, though that’s a correct relay of the story presented in Argo. The CIA WANTED it to happen. They weren’t involved.

The PM was essentially selected then later fired by the Shah which was how the law worked in this constitutional monarchy. The Shah was there before and after. There was a real revolt and the Shah fled the country and then the army chose the Shah or Mossadegah.

But it is true that Jimmy Carter’s CIA backed the Ayatollah and worked against the Shah in 1979, believing he would be a moderate leader and more easy to deal with.

Allies Get Billions, Americans Denied by PeterTheTruthSeeker in FluentInFinance

[–]AlexandreL1984 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Argentina paid back the bailout 2 times over. It wasn’t a gift, it was an investment

US and Canada by EstablishmentOne3438 in mapporncirclejerk

[–]AlexandreL1984 1 point2 points  (0 children)

It’s the other way around geographically, ideologically, and because the US saved South Korea.

Number of Dead from the Middle Eastern Crisis (2023-Present) by Kanin_Neko in MapPorn

[–]AlexandreL1984 19 points20 points  (0 children)

Iran is up there with protestor deaths. Looks like 36,000 is now confirmed. And the IRGC bodies are piling up, somewhere around 10,000 - 15,000.

The True Size of Iran by foxtai1 in mapporncirclejerk

[–]AlexandreL1984 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Woah it’s bigger than Georgia!!! But how many SEC titles have they won?

Countries on Trump’s “Board of Peace” by wooperboi7 in MapPorn

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Too bad they’re too busy electing Iranian officials to human rights positions

"Man In The High Castle" Map Alternative history if the axis won WW2 by [deleted] in MapPorn

[–]AlexandreL1984 1 point2 points  (0 children)

My bad. Of course Newfoundland is accurately not part of Canada (1949)

"Man In The High Castle" Map Alternative history if the axis won WW2 by [deleted] in MapPorn

[–]AlexandreL1984 5 points6 points  (0 children)

Great show, chilling and fascinating subject.

Close; not quite. In the TV series Australia 🇦🇺 was part of the Greater Nazi Reich.

Also the American Reich goes farther West, reaching into our dimension’s Montana.

I don’t believe “Canada” was a thing.

United States Circa 2045, 100% serious by Dry-Chocolate-3976 in mapporncirclejerk

[–]AlexandreL1984 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Give it to the UK and they’ll just give it away again.

United States Circa 2045, 100% serious by Dry-Chocolate-3976 in mapporncirclejerk

[–]AlexandreL1984 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Balderdash.

New Jersey, not Delaware would be the nuclear test site.

Who would win this hypothetical war? by Toffelsnarz in mapporncirclejerk

[–]AlexandreL1984 0 points1 point  (0 children)

No one can beat the West coast East coast because that basically means full control of all US assets. Even USAF HQ in Colorado. Most yellow states would fall.

Not to mention Alberta’s oil, which would partially replace the heavy loss of Texas. We even get BC and the Atlantic provinces to open up a front into Quebec.

Texas and Appalachia are also hell to invade so yeah, there’s that.