Adubya

In the 19th century, Russia forced Iran to cede huge chunks of land in the Caucasus after a couple of wars. The change over to Soviets in Russia brought a brief pause but not before long the Soviets started to get into Northern Iran wanting access and use of their oil.

Reza Shah Pahlavi tried to keep Iran neutral during World War II, but with a growing German presence in the country, the UK and Soviets weren’t having it called a truce once Nazis violated the Soviet & Nazi treaty. In August 1941, they jointly invaded Iran to secure a vital supply line for Lend-Lease aid going to the Soviets. This invasion forced the removal of the Shah and put his young son on the throne, while the Allies effectively controlled the country.

After the war ended, the US, UK, and Soviets had pledged to leave. But only the US and UK followed through. The Soviets refused to go, instead backing separatist groups in Iran’s northern provinces and arming local forces to delay their departure. The Soviets had tried first to force Iran to surrender their oil to the Soviet Union. This led to a major international crisis in 1946, one of the first tense standoffs of the Cold War.

Honestly the UK, Soviets, and US abused and used Iran and why this gets ignored that they were occupied by joint UK/Soviet operation just a few years previously to this is wild.

My cooking skills when my wife leaves me on my own.

Just waiting for the day an evil hacker leaks someone’s smoker data to the neighborhood, exposing they cranked the smoker to 375° when they bragged about their brisket cooking 225° the whole time.

Knew someone who had to rush a family pet to emergency vet and they were able to keep an eye on the brisket cooking.

Keep it Low & Slow!

Whatever keeps us all tooting is good in my book. Enjoying the services and keep up the great work.

So it just pulled a Vic from Game Changer S7 E1 “one year later”?