The BBC published a report in 2016, based on newly declassified documents, which stated that the Carter Administration had very extensive contact with Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini and his entourage as the Iranian revolution was developing in 1979. The Carter administration actually helped stop the Iranian army from intervening against the Ayatollah, helping to set the stage for the fall of the Shah, who had been supported by prior U.S. administrations. Khomeini in fact "personally wrote to US officials" and assured them he would not cut off oil exports or hurt U.S. interests.
For my part I am pretty happy with what we have done. My concern was Iran’s nuclear program. After that my primary concern returns to our insane national debt, a big chunk of which was us borrowing money to pay for very expensive military actions. We owe it to our kids and theirs to not fund a war today, if possible, and charge it to them.
For my part I am pretty happy with what we have done. My concern was Iran’s nuclear program. After that my primary concern returns to our insane national debt, a big chunk of which was us borrowing money to pay for very expensive military actions. We owe it to our kids and theirs to not fund a war today, if possible, and charge it to them.