“The Shah only fell because Carter withdrew US support.”
Does it make a difference ? The shah was a dictator. If he would have treated his people well they wouldn’t have made a revolution in ‘79. With or without support of the US.
It’s almost the same we can see in egypt. Mubarak was a dictator with US support. Zero withdrew US support, the people organized a revolution and got a muzzi regime instead. History repeating ... The only difference is that the egypts dispossed Mursi the muzzi dictator a few days ago while the “green revolution” in Iran couldn’t overcome the muzzi regime.