“Prior to his takeover of Iran, Ayatollah Khomeini was camping near Paris, giving daily news conferences to a fawning international press corps without a murmur of complaint to France from the United States about the disaster it was coddling in the incredibly naive liberal belief that this extremist cleric would be an improvement over the Shah.”
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Alexander Haig
Alexander Haig, born on December 2, 1924, and died on February 20, 2010, was a key figure in U.S. foreign policy. He served as the United States Secretary of State and was a significant advisor to Presidents Richard Nixon and Gerald Ford. more
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