Ney is my Congressman, and I had never before heard of him trying to protect the Iranian theocratic regime. This assertion comes as a bit of a shock, but if it is true it should be exposed. If you have any more on this aspect of Ney's activities please let me know.
Ney is my Congressman, and I had never before heard of him trying to protect the Iranian theocratic regime. IIRC, he supported an anti-Iranian insurgency group -- the MEK, I guess -- until he came to the conclusion that they were, well, a BAD insurgency group that the govt. lists as a terrorist org. If it's the same group that I'm thinking of, it has -- or had -- other supporters in Congress, including Ileana Ros-Lehtinen, but the pendulum has definitely swung from "debatably good insurgency" to "debatably? bad terrorist".
Why Ney wants Ashcroft to do an investigation of that Northern Viginia Society of Iranian Americans that had that dinner last week.
They are MEK front group. MEK is against regime. Trita Parsi (who is president of NIAC) and an advisor to Ney, is pro -regime.
Some of what this "troll" said, was true. However, I think he may have been MEK himself. It is a cult. (IMO)
BTW - these plans for trips to Iran that NEY is organizing for other congressmen and senators, will UNDERMINE the democracy movement in Iran. They will lend legitimacy to the regime. People are encouraged to write to their congressmen and senators to tell them NOT to go.
"DoctorZin Note: Once again, I ask you to write your congressman and ask them to stop these initiatives with the mullahs of Iran. It disheartens the popular movement against the mullahs in Iran. It creates fear in the Iranian people that we will betray them for good relations with the mullahs. Remember, the mullahs are the very reason we are having problems in Iraq. They are the true terror masters.
"Ask your congressman to stop this madness!"
"DoctorZin Note: We need to contact our congressman and let them know that the people of Iran do NOT want us to conduct such meetings with the Islamic regime in Iran. The people of Iran fear that this will only provide legitimacy to an illegitimate government. Write them now!"
"those who chatted with him Wednesday over Persian chicken in a room off the office of House Speaker Dennis Hastert, R-Ill., were Sen. Arlen Specter, R-Pa., and Reps. Bob Ney, R-Ohio, John Larson, D-Conn., Doug Bereuter, R-Neb., and Vic Snyder, D-Ariz."
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1068121/posts?page=5#5