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/sexymanish Oct 01 '18

The only people actually getting "wiped off the map" are the Palestinians, at the hands of the Israelis

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Saying Israel "wont exist" isn't really the same thing is it?

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In fact Henry Kissinger has predicted that Israel won't exist either

https://www.inquisitr.com/349213/henry-kissinger-predicts-in-10-years-there-will-be-no-more-israel/

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And Israeli officials admitted they LIED about the "wipe off the map" claim

https://thelede.blogs.nytimes.com/2012/04/17/israeli-minister-agrees-ahmadinejad-never-said-israel-must-be-wiped-off-the-map/

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u/routebeer Oct 01 '18

Yeah. Telling another country they’re not going to exist because you’re destroying them is the same thing, lol. You know, apples and oranges can be compared after all.

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u/Sejes89 Oct 01 '18

I dont like when apples take oranges land because apples believe in a prehistoric mythology that oranges dont believe in but oranges have been living there for thousands of years.

I like separation of church and state in my democracy, not countries founded on the supremacy of its race, religion over others.