During the 2008 Republican Presidential Campaign, Rep. Ron Paul was openly criticized by other candidates during a debate when he mentioned "blowback" from the CIA-sponsored 1953 coup of Iranian Prime Minister Mohammed Mossadeq. Rudy Giuliani, especially, seemed bent out of shape, and clearly showed his lack of knowledge of history.If the US were to bomb Iran, as John McCain has famously sung about, not only have we shot ourselves in the foot (again), but we have created a new generation of Iranians to hate the US.Let us not forget that the 1953 coup was a primary reason for the 1979 Islamic Revolution which saw the Shah forced into exile, and an Islamic theocracy headed by the Ayatollah take root. Osama bin Laden cites the American intervention in Iran, and its building of military bases across the Middle East, as a primary reason for its attack on September 11, 2001.If a single American bomb is dropped on Iran... there will be hell to pay. more about "The Folly of Attacking Iran: Lessons ...", posted with vodpod

In dozens of military interventions by the US over the last 50 years, democracy has never been left in its wake.