(SF novel) East of Nakba (64)
Part I. Israel bombs a nuclear plant in Iran (61)
Chapter 23 US Military embarks on (1) Al Udeid
Air Base (2/3)
But today, the United States put more emphasis on
Ira than sea lanes in the Persian Gulf. During the Shah regime before 1978, the
United States sold large quantities of modern weapons to Iran. Iran acted as a
"police in the Persian Gulf" and entrusting security to the region on
behalf of the United States. In 1978 the Islamic Revolution was taken place by Ayatollah
Khomeini. Since then, Iran has been a mortal enemy for the United States.
Immediately after the revolution, the US
embassy in Tehran was occupied by the Khomeini-backed Revolutionary Guard for
over a year. This has hurt the prestige of the United States. The U.S. President
Jimmy Carter attempted a rescue operation. But the operation had been failed
with the poor result as a rescue helicopter crash landing. The U.S. government disgraced
itself. This left a deep trauma in the minds of the American people.
(To be continued ----)
(From an ordinary citizen in the cloud)
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