theHRguy@lemmy.world to Today I Learned@lemmy.worldEnglish · 2 months agoTIL: The Phrase “Death To America” Didn’t exist Before the CIA Overthrew the Iranian Government for Nationalizing their Oil in 1953medium.comexternal-linkmessage-square47fedilinkarrow-up1424arrow-down123
arrow-up1401arrow-down1external-linkTIL: The Phrase “Death To America” Didn’t exist Before the CIA Overthrew the Iranian Government for Nationalizing their Oil in 1953medium.comtheHRguy@lemmy.world to Today I Learned@lemmy.worldEnglish · 2 months agomessage-square47fedilink
minus-squarePugJesus@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4·edit-22 months agoYeah. The US actually initially refused to help the Brits overthrow the Iranian government for nationalizing the oil industry, until the Brits pressed the “RED SCARE” button a few months later, at which point all US rationality went out the window.
Yeah. The US actually initially refused to help the Brits overthrow the Iranian government for nationalizing the oil industry, until the Brits pressed the “RED SCARE” button a few months later, at which point all US rationality went out the window.