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Re:Oil plummets 30% as OPEC deal failure sparks price war fears by boomboomsubban on Sunday March 08, 2020 @07:45PM (#22521549)
>"The laws not fair! I wanted to be a dictator but it wouldn't let me"

At worst you can say he wanted to be dictator but the dictator wouldn't let him, but arguing that somehow Mosaddegh is the bad guy for resisting such an obvious power grab is ridiculous. Being constitutional doesn't excuse a coup.

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Re:Oil plummets 30% as OPEC deal failure sparks price war fears by oh_sigh on Sunday March 08, 2020 @08:39PM (#22521850)
Mossadegh was the one who grabbed power, by not following a constitutional order.
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Re:Oil plummets 30% as OPEC deal failure sparks price war fears by boomboomsubban on Monday March 09, 2020 @04:42AM (#22523914)
This line of thinking might work if there hadn't been a coup by the Shah shortly after this incident. It's clear the Shah was aiming to be dictator, whether he could find a constitutional justification for it or not.
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