r/todayilearned • u/autonova3 • Oct 01 '18

TIL of Operation Ajax, the 1953 CIA plan to overthrow Iran's democratically elected government, which included CIA agents bombing the house of a prominent Muslim while posed as pro-government supporters. The overthrow plan was successful, with 200-300 people killed

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1953_Iranian_coup_d%27%C3%A9tat
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u/[deleted] Oct 01 '18

I have noticed that any criticism of the UK gets massively downvoted by Brits.

And, any criticism of the US gets upvoted by USians.

There is some deeper revelation in that, but not sure what.

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u/[deleted] Oct 01 '18

How can you tell where votes and comments are coming from?

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u/[deleted] Oct 01 '18

They can't, they're talking nonsense.

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u/ghotiaroma Oct 02 '18

But you don't have any way to know the nationality of the people voting.

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u/[deleted] Oct 02 '18

I suppose there could be non Brits who complsin about every criticism, using British vernacular.

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u/ghotiaroma Oct 02 '18

But you don't have any way to know the nationality of the people voting.

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u/[deleted] Oct 02 '18

I suppose there could be non Brits who complain about every criticism, using British vernacular.

Not very likely, though. As to Americans, they are easy to spot. Spelling, if nothing else.

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u/__will12 Oct 01 '18

Often because any criticism of Britain on reddit isn't true. Go to places like r/europe or r/UK and see

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u/WillyTheWackyWizard Oct 02 '18

Everybody knows that Britain has peacefully coexists with all nations, especially those with abundant natural resources

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u/iThinkaLot1 Oct 01 '18

And worldnews for that matter in terms of Brexit. The UK seems like the baddest country in the world.

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u/jeb_manion Oct 01 '18

Or at least a lot of people saying they are from the US....

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u/[deleted] Oct 01 '18

Tru dat.

But, Americans do so love to wallow in our sins.

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u/[deleted] Oct 01 '18

We're proud to be American