Why did Great Britain want to control the Suez Canal? Why did Britain have petrol rationing during the Suez Crisis? Why did Egypt instigate the Yom Kippur War of 1973? What was the cause of the Iranian Revolution? What was the cause of the Iranian hostage crisis?
Even after Imperial Iran gave way to the Islamic Republic of Iran after the 1979 revolution, the Iranian Air Force was still stacked with some of the best Tomcat pilots in the world. And the U.S. doesn’t want any of them in the air again ever. Iran is the United States’ ex-girl...
He points out that oil revenues would overcome difficulties such as rising costs and a skills shortage for major construction projects. He claims that 2008 could be as significant a year for the Middle East as 1979, when the Iranian revolution and high oil prices brought the region into ...