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00:00It's a sad story that really began in the 1950s when the United States deposed Mr. Mossadegh,
00:05who was an elected parliamentary Democrat, and brought the Shah back in.
00:12And then he was overturned by the Ayatollah Khomeini, driving us into the arms of one Saddam Hussein.
00:21Most of the terrible things Saddam Hussein did in the 1980s, he did with the full knowing support of the United States government.
00:27Because he wasn't Iran, and Iran was what it was because we got rid of the parliamentary democracy back in the 50s.
00:36At least that's my belief. I know it's not popular for an American ever to say anything like this, but I think it's true.
00:43And I apologize. When President Khatami was elected, I publicly acknowledged that the United States had actively overthrown Mossadegh.
00:57Thank you for listening.