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> Lindsey Graham has been pretty mask-off in wanting to take control of Iran's oil resources and, in his words, "make a ton of money."

Which kind of set all of this off back in the day: UK/US oil companies controlled Iranian oil, the legislature nationalized it, the Shah suppressed the legislature and portions of the population:

* https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1953_Iranian_coup_d%27état

the population got tired of being pushed down, and so eventually fought back:

* https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Iranian_Revolution

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