Shortest. Editorial. Ever.
October 20, 1951 — U.S. Editorial
October 20, 1951 — U.S. Editorial
| The Mossadegh Project | July 6, 2015 |
This dopey commentary reacted to Mossadegh’s presentation at the UN Security Council. On Oct. 20th, at least two New York newspapers ran it as their own — The Herald Statesman in Yonkers and The Daily Argus of Mount Vernon.
Premier Mossadegh’s Faulty Logic
Premier Mossadegh says Iran does not constitute an international problem and should be allowed to settle its own affairs in its own way because it is weak and powerless.“We do not have battleships in the Thames to threaten London,” he says.
That is an absurd position. Korea was also weak and powerless—and see what happened!
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Related links:
Lesson For Mossadegh | U.S. editorial, November 1, 1952
A Bad Break Is Feared | The Knickerbocker News, October 17, 1951
Mossadegh a Hero? | The Evening News of the Tonawandas, November 26, 1951
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