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Oh-my-goodness. What a simple-minded, propaganda-laden video that denies reality and history. And to what end, I can only guess.

I thought it was reasonably balanced, despite being from an Iranian point of view. Bottom line, the US and Britain did conspire to control the governments and peoples of that region, the CIA did launch a coup and install the Shah and the U.S doesn't admit to its involvement in creating the pressure that led to the Islamic Republic.

The end I would suggest it's trying to lead to is to help American's comprehend the complexities that surround the simplifications that typically are bandied about.

Islam is a terror organization, this is how many lashes did the lady reading this garbage avoid by reading it?

While this raises some valid points about previous injustices committed against Iran by the US and Britain, I do not think this is entirely objective or honest.

My main gripe is that it fails to address the current administration's apparently hostile position towards Israel. Ahmadinejad's statement that the "regime occupying Jerusalem must [vanish from] from the page of time", plus its development of a long range missile program coupled with its unwillingness to be wholly transparent about its nuclear program has raised valid concerns about Iran's peaceful intentions at this time. This could also be described as a potential "criminal enterprise." Strange then that it receives no mention here. To overlook such an apparent threat is not only naive but moreover incredibly dangerous.

Great video, thanks for sharing. Nothing new to those who have been awake for the last 30 years. It's like a repeat of what we did in Chile with Pinochet.

As to the translation of what Ahmadinejad said, there appears to be disagreements there:

http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article12949.htm

Magnus Hellberg: could you please rephrase, I do not understand your question.

History didn't begin in 1953; post hoc ergo prompter hoc is a logical fallacy; a tree is known by its fruit.

Iran, Persia, has a long history of cruel and bitter treatment of its own and other peoples. It was not some US/UK action that somehow spoiled a Garden of Eden. Those influences have long passed, and to blame the evil of the Ayatollah or Ahmadinejad on those action because they came after on the linear timeline is incorect thinking. The same argument could be made that US/UK actions forestalled the rise of those evil men or that those men would have seized power regardless--there is not a provable or logical connection between either argument.

The current repressive, terror regime that is leading the country is NOT proof or a result of US/UK actions, but proof of a vile and evil presence that seeks to do real harm to many and create/restore an empire long dead. These men intend to conquer, and destroy, and their actions are exponentially more reprehensible than the narrator of this video would try to paint the US.

Free Iran!

I enjoyed this post very much. Reminds me of "Overthrow America's Century of Regime Change from Hawaii to Iraq," by Stephen Kinser. In this book is a historical study of America's involvement in ousting the governing power in other country's for the sake of usually corporate gain.

The video you posted on Iran was actually very well done and does seem to follow the majority of the time line. I also enjoyed the graphic polished quality of it, really nice video work.

obama = afghanistan?