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Like so many other times in the history of the Cold War, Washington was willing to allow any type of regime to rule in its client states, no matter how reactionary. Iran was no exception. Unfortunately for the Iranian people, the anti-leftism of the United States helped create the vacuum that allowed Khomeini to take power. In addition, his superficial anti-imperialism and manipulation of Islamic religious beliefs blindsided many Iranian progressives into initially supporting him, only to regret that support later. According to another Iranian source, it was the naiveté of the Iranian left which prevented them from seeing Khomeini's ideology for what it was. In the optimism of the revolution, the left was all too quick to believe the ayatollah.
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full at http://www.counterpunch.org/jacobs06132003.html
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