[nuconvert]

John Bolton was a speaker at one of their rallies in Paris a short time ago. I don’t consider him a traitor, but he’s absolutely wrong wanting to de-list MEK and use them to try to overturn the regime.

[BlackVeil]

I agree with you. They are a group of violent nutters - they are nothing but trouble.

[Brad from Tennessee]

The Contras included a number of undesirables in their ranks but they could still drop a hammer which was mostly what Reagan and Bill Casey required. MEK volunteers joined Saddam Hussein’s ranks to fight fellow Iranians in the 1980 war.

The theory may be that if MEK forces were fully equipted and had some degree of U.S. support they could wreak chaos inside Iran. Planners could hope that MEK—a much smaller group than Iran's combined military—would ultimately be decimated but not before wreaking costly damage on the Iranians. In a perfect world the MKE would win the battles
but be 100 percent casualties at the triumphal parade through Tehran.

Also the U.S. may be just posturing to convince Iran we plan on turning a refurbished MEK loose on Iran when we don't. MEK would be s barging cip.