Posted on 01/08/2020 5:46:23 AM PST by nuconvert
Secretary of State Mike Pompeo is limiting U.S. diplomats' contact with Iranian opposition groups, according to a cable sent to all U.S. diplomatic outposts Tuesday.
Pompeo’s order says diplomats should not meet with Mujahedeen-e-Khalq (MEK) or five other groups because it could damage the United States' chances to negotiate with Iran,...
“Direct U.S. government engagement with these groups could prove counterproductive to our policy goal of seeking a comprehensive deal with the Iranian regime that addresses its destabilizing behavior,” the cable said, according to Bloomberg. It also added that these groups “try to engage U.S. officials regularly to gain at least the appearance of tacit support and enhance their visibility and clout.”
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Rudy Giuliani
It is from that group of kooks that we got valuable help with setting them back on their nuclear work a while back.
Beggars can’t be choosers when you’re looking for as much insider info as you can get in a country full of nutjobs, or if you need to smuggle out a defector.
They’re a tool, not a long term ally... like the French after they went all nutty and evicted the Huguenots and before they went all nutty and massacred each other in their Revolution. For one brief shining moment they were useful.
This screams “Art of the Deal”. I love this president.
The Rats were drooling at Christians' presumed abhorrence of the Stormy Daniels story.
How did that work when Christians said, "We want him as President, not as a spouse?"
The Rats said he was "Unfit to be President."
How did that work out when PDJT turned in economic growth quarter after quarter that Barry had said we'd never see again and got the Nork Kim back to the negotiating table.
The Rats were drooling at calling him "a racist."
How did that work out when Sharpton, Jackson and a former black girlfriend were seen fawning over the Donald in photos not that many years ago?
The Rats demanded they get to see PDJT's taxes.
How is that going for them, after SCOTUS has accepted the case, and likely will turn the Dems back?
The Rats and Nadler were drooling over using both Mueller and Congressional charges of "obstruction!" against PDJT.
How did that turn out for them? They got an Impeachment Article that they immediately squandered by their own unprecedented and outlandish obstruction of the Senate while the Supreme Court accepted the case of PDJT's claim of Privilege.
The Rats were drooling over a claimed Whistle Blower making up falsehoods about Ukraine, but...
How did that work out for them as it's likely both the claimed WB and Chairman Schiff will have their day to explain themselves before Congress.
Yes, and I'm sure the Democrats will find him and have him indignantly testify that democratically elected and idiots their appointed amateurs are ruining the work of heroic career diplomatic professionals. Voters can no more be trusted with foreign policy than guns. Surely this is impeachable!
MeK is a literal cult of self described Islamo-Marxists who were engaged in terrorist attacks against the U.S. personnel in Iran during the 1970s. The government shouldn’t be dealing with them, period.
Knowing state, it’s probably to protect the dissidents from betrayal.
Does he currently hold a government position?
Too busy high fiving for PDJT.
If the Iragheads are willing to come to the table, it’s only because a couple of the Mad Mullahs are getting nervous about cruise missiles or drones targeting their asses personally.
Negotiation... the art of saying “Nice Doggie... Good Doggie...” while looking for the biggest rock you can find.
Well said!
S’true.
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