I'd rather have Mullahs in Iran in power than MEK in power
That is a big mistake to support these group against the Iranians' will
Down with MEK and Mullahs together!
"the Iran Policy Committee, a Washington think tank of former U.S. officials that specializes in Iran policy and favors the removal of the group from the terror list, said the move would "send a signal to the Iranian rulers that their days are numbered." In a written statement to questions about the MEK, the IPC called the organization the "best organized, most credible Iranian opposition group" that stands for a democratic, secular republic in Iran."
""send a signal to the Iranian rulers that their days are numbered."?? Please! The regime isn't afraid of them. They already know they're in trouble.
Removing MEK from the list will only alienate Iranians and cause distrust of U.S. intentions. Iranians DO NOT want to see MEK gain stregnth and support.
Have those IPC members ever talk to Iranians inside Iran to find out how they feel about MEK?
For the IPC to state that a marxist-islamic group "stands for a democratic and secular republic", is just asinine.
"That is a big mistake to support these group against the Iranians' will"
That's funny... the will of the Iranian people has been [temporarily] co-opted and consolidated under one man based on the principles of Velayat-e-Faqih. When Khamenie and Velayat-e-Faqih are gone and freedom of press is established, we can have a legitimate discussion about the will of the Iranian people.
Until then, U.S. officials working on Iran should be extremely skeptical of any opposition to any opposition.
Khamenie has openly established his will and I think it’s asinine to abide by it. His clergy shout “Death to America, Death to the MEK” in successive breaths. He wants an anti-American Iranian president to replace Khatami in August. Listening to the mullah’s Friday prayers, it’s obvious the MEK are posing a serious political and ideological threat to this theocracy.
The founders and leadership of the MEK were and are well educated. They may have read Marx but have never called themselves Marxists. It’s a SAVAK label that has been so effective in the disinformation campaign against them that it has propagated into MOIS language.
It’s asinine for American policy makers to allow the Iranian government, our nemesis, to define the MEK for us! It’s time to let DOD and their first hand experiences define the MEK. It’s obvious they are not terrorists so they shouldn’t be on our FTO list. Their designation is destabilizing the entire FTO concept.
It’s also time to filter out Iranians who are not serious enough or not capable enough to do anything about fixing this explosive mess and decide what to do with them. Arbitrarily throwing money at them is not the answer. We have to stop protecting the regime and allow all of their opponents, including the MEK, to do what they do best.
The mullahs manufacture impudent dissenters and thrust them before cameras and microphones. The patterns are clear… colorful hejabs, trimmed beards and modern glasses cannot bury the mullah’s betrayal of the Iranian people’s pursuit of liberty and happiness.
They can’t fool all of the people all of the time… but expect them to try.
an excellent thread.
ping.