Just a few hours earlier, the dying Shah, in a remarkable bout of probity had declared, ‘If America does not care whether an Islamic Republic or a Marxist state is established in Iran, then why should I draw my country into civil war.’ ..…

Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini, soon to be dictator of Iran, was some kind of saint, U.S to United Nations, Andrew Young, told Carter administration colleagues as Islamic revolution unfolded Iran. ... Yet, Islamic Republic's decision, has always been clear, muddled observations..…