That led to our embrace of Iraq because we didn't like Iran anymore. That started our death spiral down in Iraq. That revolution in Iran also terrified The Soviets, they were afraid that radical Islam would penetrate into their southern republics. It's one of the reasons they invaded Afghanistan. That's what drew us into the entire Afghanistan quagmire. So a lot of history came from three weeks in Tehran in 1953. (27:49–27:58)
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