>>The Shah's visit to the US did not cause the subsequent events and you would not be justified in "any" response. You over-simplify the events, both in Iran and the world, that lead us to the Iranian government that we see today.
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>On the money. Even then, Islamic fundamentalism was a rising force. It puzzles me when President Bush and others in his administration describe it as something we need to "stop" or "defeat."

Nor is there any actual desire, above the level of lip-service, to do that. It's more like "something we need to use". And that's not since yesterday: http://emperors-clothes.com/interviews/brz.htm