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**HonjUopu** · 01-31-2011, 02:11 AM

Egypt wasn't Obama's to lose.

As for Carter "losing" Iran, that was probably an inevitability, given the extreme unpopularity of the Shah, who was truly a puppet of the West. Mubarak has received huge amounts of aid from the US, but he could, and would have looked elsewhere had he not received it from us. Not so with the Shah, who was utterly dependent on us to prop up his regime.

01-31-2011, 02:11 AM	#3
HonjUopu Join Date Oct 2005 Posts 498 Senior Member	Egypt wasn't Obama's to lose. As for Carter "losing" Iran, that was probably an inevitability, given the extreme unpopularity of the Shah, who was truly a puppet of the West. Mubarak has received huge amounts of aid from the US, but he could, and would have looked elsewhere had he not received it from us. Not so with the Shah, who was utterly dependent on us to prop up his regime.
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