The Conservative Cave

The Media has been the enemy of the military since the days of Vietnam. They rarely put the armed forces in a positive light and since those clowns talking about Hegseths talking like is have never spent more than a few hours with the armed forces then they have no real idea of the culture from where he came from. I do because I served in the same company and battalion as he did in the 101st Airborne just as different times, I have followed my old unit on Facebook and Instagram and there hasn't been a lot of change is how we interact and work with each other. The important things that changed is tactics and standards. The very things Pete Hegseth has been pushing for since he got the job.

MS NOW host Jen Psaki tamped down talk about using the 25th Amendment against President Donald Trump on Thursday during an interview with Stephen A. Smith, questioning why Democrats were so focused on it when it was "never going to happen."

Smith asked Psaki during his show, "Straight Shooter," about the left being so "fervently against the other side" that it comes across as "vitriolic."

"I think there are times, I think a lot of people on — and I can't speak for everybody on the left, I don't agree with everything everybody says on the left either — you know, sometimes it's like not constructive," Psaki said. "I mean, you've talked about the 25th Amendment. I have no issue with people saying they're for invoking the 25th Amendment, but it's not going to happen. So, it's like why are we spending so much time, you know?"

Growing up I was always told that he was the democratically elected prime minister, and that he tried nationalized the oil before he was couped.

But it takes just 15 minutes of research to learn that that is maybe 10% of the whole story.

Some interesting facts:

1- He was only elected after the previous prime minister Haj Ali Razmara was assassinated by a member of the group ‘Fadaiyane Eslam’ called Khalil Tahmasebi

2- He not only supported the assassin by the parliament, but he actually MET with the assassin and financially supported him. And not with his own personal funds. The STATE was directed to provide for him. Because he saw the killing as justified, and saw Razmara as a traitor.

3- What did Razmara argue, that made him seen as a traitor?

•   Iran lacked the full technical and commercial apparatus to run the whole chain immediately

•   Britain could weaponize global oil logistics and markets against Iran

•   therefore, the smarter path was to force a better deal first (profit share, auditing, sovereignty concessions), then build capacity, then take fuller control when you can actually monetize it
4- Mossadegh chose immediate, full nationalization. The nationalization law was passed March 1951, and then he becomes prime minister under huge Majles pressure in April 1951.

5- Saudi Arabia also did not have nationalized oil at the time. They were dealing with the Americans though, and not the British. Look into what the Golden Gimmick was. Razmara wanted to eventually push for a deal like the Americans Golden Gimmick, before it all went downhill. Especially after ARAMCO accepted the 50–50 profit-sharing formula in Saudi Arabia, pressure mounted on the Anglo-Iranian Oil Company to offer similar terms to Iran. Britain was slow and arrogant about it. But negotiations were ongoing. Mossadegh chose immediate, full nationalization rather than forcing a 50–50 structure first and using that revenue to build capacity.

6- Mossadegh seemingly did not think about the fact that the British wouldn’t just sit and watch him do whatever he wants, and that they have leverage. They had the power to make Irans oil revenue go to 0, and they did exactly that using blockades and sanctions. Mind you, There were British and international proposals and negotiations (including British missions) aimed at a settlement that would still significantly increase Iran’s take. But Mossadegh simply just wouldn’t budge, all for a symbolic nationalization while the budget got completely destroyed.

7- Then once the crisis is already bleeding the state, he uses political control tactics to keep himself in the driver’s seat. In the 1952 Majles elections, the voting/counting process was STOPPED after enough MPs were elected to form a quorum (79 out of 136), specifically to prevent opposition candidates from rural areas taking seats. The “democratically elected PM” story ignores that he increasingly governs through exceptional powers and political maneuvering once the oil crisis and opposition pressure spike.

8- By the time the coup happens, yes foreign intelligence is involved, but the internal situation is already cracked: collapsing revenue, institutional enemies, split allies, and a parliament situation he helped destabilize. That is why it was even possible. He specifically made it impossible to oppose him through the Majles. So what is a Shah and an army supposed to do? Just let the country be destroyed?

9- Through his rise, he made allies with Abolghasem Kashani, who had ties with Fadaiyane Eslam, and Kashani eventually betrayed him when it was all unraveling.

So in short, he was a patriot who had good intentions for his country. There is no denying it. He was also painfully shortsighted and incompetent, and not quite democratic. Correct me if any part of this is incorrect, but anyone who tells you that he was “democratically elected” and that he “nationalized the oil” is either lying to you or is misinformed. Everything Haj Ali Razmara said came to pass. Mossadegh destabilized and damaged the country with his shortsightedness, despite his good intentions. His own actions and who he chose to ally himself with were his undoing.