Rob Schneider
👤 SpeakerAppearances Over Time
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I just think...
If you go back to the Shah of Iran and how he was pushed out because Iran was getting at that time 16% of the oil profits in 1952 from the predecessor to British Petroleum.
And then when they said, well, we want more, and then the Brits said no.
And they said, well, can we at least look at the books to see if we're getting 16%?
Then they said no.
And then they asked for a million dollars from Truman to the Brits to overthrow Mossadegh, because Mossadegh at that point nationalized the oil.
Then he went to Eisenhower and said, can we get... And then Eisenhower said yes.
And then they sent a...
You know, a paid mob in front of the presidential palace.
And then they and then they that didn't really work.
And then they sent to and then, you know, Mosaddegh had to jump over the they burned it down.
Mosaddegh had to jump over the fence.
And he had 26 years of the Shah of Iran.
And during that time, the secret police.
You know, we can't, I mean, I would suggest that they not have that repeat of that because what it did was it set up, you know, a similar thing to happen where people were, if you could, where anybody who was the opposition.
I mean, I'm just talking about that.
That's the history that I know about it.
No, I'm saying that I don't want a secret police underneath the monarchy to return to Iran.
I'm saying, look, I don't mind a monetary... Sorry, a monarchy that would support a constitutional republic of some sort.
I'll just say this.