The last time the U.S. helped overthrow Iran’s was with a covert CIA operation in 1953. Carefully planned, coordinated and strategic.
Where’s Trump’s plan?
Story by a scholar and former practitioner of intelligence and national security policy in the White House:
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CIA agents successfully executed a plan for regime change in Iran in 1953 – but Trump hasn’t revealed any signs of a plan
A covert US campaign in the mid-20th century helped steer Iran toward the intense anti-American sentiment that has distinguished its government policy for decades.The Conversation
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in reply to The Conversation U.S. • • •When bombing began Feb. 28, the administration hadn’t clearly said what it hoped to achieve.
Degrade Iran’s nuclear program?
Weaken its missiles?
Empower the opposition?
As journalist Fareed Zakaria put it: “Bomb and hope” isn’t a strategy.
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in reply to The Conversation U.S. • • •In 1953, the CIA and British intelligence ousted Prime Minister Mohammad Mossadegh through propaganda, staged incidents, paid demonstrators and coordination with Iranian elites.
It was controversial (in the long run made many Iranians view the US as their enemy), but it was a successful strategy.
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in reply to The Conversation U.S. • • •Airpower can destroy targets, but it can’t on its own build a new political order.
The WH has offered no roadmap for regime change would actually look like.
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in reply to The Conversation U.S. • • •“It is late in the day to emulate the Mossadegh coup with information operations,” writes scholar Gregory F. Treverton. “And it is probably more difficult in an era of ubiquitous social media, not newspapers. But it’s not too late to try.”
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