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FBaggins

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3. It was about far more than oil

Reply to Caribbeans (Original post)

Mon Aug 28, 2023, 06:44 AM

Aug 2023

Let's not pretend that history began in 1953

It was also very much about keeping the Soviets from using Iran in the way that they used Crimea at about the same time (e.g., access to a warm-water port) - only without the Bosphorus chokepoint.

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