Tuesday, April 20, 2010

How wrong Walter Z. Laqueur was on Iran's Ayatollahs

Here is a very important comment made in 1979, and it shows how naive some of the biggest minds in the world were. The answer of course was given by this other famous commentator at this link:

http://www.atimes.com/atimes/Middle_East/IJ26Ak06.html

The Soviet Union then and Russia now supported the mullahs then and now, and the Chinese have the strongest business ties with the Communists and others.

Read Laqueur's long piece below first. You need to go to page 1.
in reference to: Why the Shah Fell (view on Google Sidewiki)