Obeying law seems probably not just to me one of the conditions of the state. It is important that most of us act according to rules and I hope you will agree with me? What happens than if some really important people break the law and they get away with it? My guess would be: we lose respect for the law, don’t we? At least I do, not sure about you, guys.
Here’s what happened: a group of American politicians openly gave multiple speeches in support of the organization called Mujahedeen e Khalq (People’s Mujahedeen of Iran), the organization that occupies proudly place on Foreign Terrorist Organization (1) of US Department of State, moreover Howard Dean (ex-governor of Vermont) said about the boss of MEK, Maryam Rajavi: “I do not find her very terrorist like” (2). I suppose he would know, as according to his own words he met Mrs Rajavi several times on dinner, hmmmm……
Mr Dean was one of around thirty respective figures present at the conference in Willard Hotel on the 16th July 2011, along him you could meet there such people like Ed Rendell ( ex-governor of Pennsylvania), General Shelton, Andy Card and many others. They were all paid, by – let me remind you an organization listed as a terrorist one on official list of USA’s government. If you do something like this, expect men in black at your door very soon.
You may ask what it is about. MEK’s leaders (Mrs Rajavi and her husband) are hoping that thanks to millions they spend paying American politics their organization will be taken off the list soon. They really spend loads of money here. Money no one knows where they come from. And, guess what, no one even investigate this matter. Money goes to the politicians through very sophisticated maze of organizations, clear set to hide they real source. According to some sources they may come from Israel. No wonder here of course as some claim that it was MEK’s assassins that killed Iranian scientists last year.
MEK was founded on September 5, 1965 on Marxists principles “devoted to armed struggle against the Shah of Iran, capitalism, and 'Western imperialism” (3) and is responsible for many assassinations and bombings in which died also six American citizens. MEK actively joined Islamic Revolution in 1979, but soon lost trust of Ayatollah Khomeini and its members were expelled. They found safe haven in, no wonder here: Iraq. Iraq-Iran war started very soon and MEK members fought in it on side of Saddam Hussein, killing they own country folks, and not only them, because after the war finally finished they were sent against Kurds in Northern Iraq and Shiites. As a result of these activities they have very few friends, except for renewed American politicians….. They are despised in Iran both by the government and the opposition and still Hilary Clinton apparently thinks seriously that MEK could provide an alternative to ayatollahs rule. That must raise the question: what is real goal of White House policy in Iran, because it is hard to believe that the organization treating even its own members, according to Human Right Watch ruthlessly, known from killings thousands of Iranians could seriously build democracy in Iran.
American government already made similar mistake in Iran: helping to replace Dr. Mosadegh (Iran’s democratically elected prime minister in 1950’s) with a dictator, Mohammed Reza Pahlavi, which ultimately led to Islamic Revolution and the situation we have today.
Is USA going to make similar mistake again?
1. http://www.state.gov/j/ct/rls/other/des/123085.htm
2. http://www.npr.org/2011/08/15/139648748/op-ed-iranian-group-must-stay-on-terror-list?ft=1&f
3. Keddie, Nikkie, “Roots of the Revolution”, 1981, p.238
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