On 2015-07-21 22:51:07 +0000, Dr. Edward Morbius said:

>> Do you blame them? They've been trying to crawl out from under
>> shariia law since 1928, but the West keeps pulling the rug out from
>> under them. We ousted a democratically elected government and
>> installed the Shah back in 1941 - and they have been unstable ever
>> since.
>
> That was an unfortunate response to a fear we had of Iran becoming a
> communist nation.
>
> Regrettably we had a similar concern with Iraq and hence Saddam offered
> us a blocking maneuver.
>
> So we set him against the Mullahs...

I don't want to make trouble but this "Mullahs" you refer to. Is that
some specific group, or are you speaking of any religious leader or
scholar within Islam? Or are you speaking of the government of Iran?