re: #150 Hecuba’s daughter
Other way around. Mohammad Mosaddegh threatened to nationalize it if they didn’t open up the books. BP (it was called something else back then) said no, and Mosaddegh told them to get the fuck out. The CIA and MI6 tried to sell the coup to Truman but Truman said no. They then sold it to Ike using the “red scare” and Ike said yes.