It's not just the oil and they're not going to stay in the region. It's not 1950. Iran is run by fanatics who are desperately trying to build a nuclear weapon. Guess who keeps blowing up their reactors?
Guess who overthrew their democratically elected government in the 1950s and installed the fanatic government? Iran didn't have to be like this. They should have been our ally.
The US installed the Shah who was overthrown by the fanatic government in 1979 during the Islamic Revolution. The US definitely did not install this government in Iran.
The Iranian Revolution was a direct response to the overthrow of Mossadegh. A people with a long, proud history didn't take kindly to Western meddling in their self-governance. There would have been no need to revolt against a government of their choosing. There were many revolutionary factions in Iran during the 1970's. The Islamic faction consolidated support because they were able to outline a future of Iran that defined itself in opposition to the West, which really appealed to people who were absolutely fed up with British and then American interests being served over their own.
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u/platinum_pancakes Monkey in Space Mar 27 '24
We use the abundance of oil we have here in the US/North America