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[Sidd Finch]

Originally Posted by Greedy,Greedy,Greedy

Up until almost the very end, the Shah was thinking conservative Islam might support him against the greater common threat of westernized types with socialist and democratic tendencies, and then he began realizing he might need to buy off the damned democrats and socialists in order to protect himself from the Ayatollahs. The decision not to shoot wasn't an ethical thing.

Fair enough, but same difference -- the Revolutionary Guard and their volunteer minions aren't going to stop supporting the Ayatollahs.