The Persian Puzzle: The Conflict Between Iran and America
ISBN: 9780812973365
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Tangurena2
· 2023-11-29
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25% of the world's crude oil was shipped out of the Gulf at that time. The Iran-Iraq war had caused the prices of crude to skyrocket as many insurance companies refused to cover any shipping in the region. So the US felt compelled to protect the exports of crude oil from "friendly" nations. While continuing to blockade Iranian imports/exports.
For more details on the political situation at that time, I recommend reading The Persian Puzzle by Pollack.
https://www.amazon.com/Persian-Puzzle-Conflict-Between-Ameri...
Additionally, to help explain how messed up the shoot-down was, Sources of Power by Klein.
https://www.amazon.com/Sources-Power-20th-Anniversary-Decisi...
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That will take hundreds of years to accomplish. No Iranian has forgotten Operation Ajax in 1953[0] - overthrowing the lawfully elected government of Iran and replacing it with a dictator[1].
> In the current state of the world, USA interests and global economic interests are becoming increasingly decoupled
This is entirely due to Trump constantly "ripping up" previous agreements and treaties. It has become obvious to all observers that the US can no longer be trusted to act in the interests of any other nation. For their own survival, they have to become independent of US economic and political interests.
Notes:
0 - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1953_Iranian_coup_d%27%C3%A9ta...
1 - The book The Persian Puzzle explains much of the history behind why the US/Iran relationships have always been and will always be terrible. https://www.amazon.com/Persian-Puzzle-Conflict-Between-Ameri...