The Man Who Changed The World

Its very interesting to watch this clip on youtube and see how much involvement the United States really had on so many years of Iranian history. The video describes how the United States CIA sets secret plans to alter the structure of the government with the Prime Minister and the Shah. There are two arguments for this action, 1) that the governmental structure of Iran should have nothing to do with the United States, and 2) the United States felt threatened by the situation and the Soviet influence that could greatly effect the States. Personally I'm not sure which argument I follow more. It just seems that the United States tries to run the world. But on the other hand you can't say that just because one nation does something that it doesn't affect the entire world. Sometimes it does, and sometimes we only think it will, but there is a big risk in waiting to find out how it will affect everything. Another interesting part of the video was when the Iranian students took over the US Embassy. Its amazing to see that they actually had support from government figures in Iran. You would never see that here in the United States, that our government would support such actions. Not to say it makes our government any better because it doesn't, but they are just completely different. It just seems like there is so much bad blood between these two nations that I don't know if it will ever be resolved. Certainly not anytime soon with our stance on war and the Middle East. Its like every government just does whatever they want, and if they don't get caught doing it then its not a problem, but when they do they always have an exit strategy. Politics seems to just be about corruption and coercion. Especially international politics.