Grab,

It has already been pointed out that the U.S. has backed many regimes who were not angels, however, they often represented the lesser of two evils. Evidently in your world, the ideal alternative to the Shah was rule by religious fanatics. Its just like the people who say that Desert Storm was merely support of a repressive Kuwaiti government. Well gosh, I guess it would have been so much better to let Saddam take charge. The last time that I checked, the Kuwait government wasn't gassing and starving its own people. Following your logic, we are brutes for supporting a South Korean government that is not the most democratic, so maybe we should just let the North Koreans run the show. Rice and water three meals a day anyone?