I was sick Monday and still recovering on Tuesday, hence my recent silence.
Five lessons from the de-listing of MEK as a terrorist group
A separate justice system for American Muslims, the US embrace of terrorism, and other key political facts are highlighted
http://www.guardian.co.uk/commentisfree/2012/sep/23/iran-usa
I have talked about the looming war with Iran a number of times so this article isn’t really that special other than it is just one more brick laid on the road to war. It is almost certainly going to be the case that the MEK will be ‘recognized’ by the US as the ‘true’ government of Iran here in the next few months, a year at the outside. Despite that, while there is certainly a strong clerical presence behind the elected government, Iran actually is a Democracy (arguably more of one than the poor excuse we have here) and there is _nothing_ I have read about MEK that makes me think they are in any way representative of the Iranian people and they are, _without a doubt_, a terroristic organization that murders innocent people (of course, that is also a perfect description of our current government, so I guess they make excellent bedfellows). Our government doesn’t give a damn about people’s actions, _as long as those actions are supported by our government_, so this is all about laying the groundwork to convince the sheeple that invasion of Iran is necessary. Of course, our Great President might decide to invade anyway, even without the support of the people, as he did with Libya, and look where that got us.
