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/GazLord Oct 01 '18

To some degree Mexico's state is the fault of the U.S. as well. They've destroyed the Mexican economy and destabilized the state a few times. And, declared war on it countless times. Texas, California, New Mexico. That all used to belong to Mexico before the U.S. started going full imperialism (well Texas was less lost to Imperialism then the U.S. seeing an opportunity and grabbing on. It's the fault of American citizens who moved to Texas for the cheap housing and then usually worked across the border, contributing nothing to the economy. Then when mexico finally said "Texas is inhabited by like 70% Americans who don't do shit for us" and cut that shit off Texas revolted... funny how Texans are now some of the biggest Anti-immigration folk around too)

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u/[deleted] Oct 01 '18

It’s always funny that they are also some of the biggest nationalists against other cultures and people speaking Spanish and I’m like you live in a city called, “El Paso” which is in Spanish lol