Mrs. Clinton made it official today. Or at least semi-official. The MEK, an Iranian terrorist group officially declared as terrorists by Mr. Clinton in 1997, will this week return to the fold of the "good guys."
The logic behind this move seems to be that the MEK are more interested in making mischief against the Ayatollahs than they are in making mischief against the Nations of Virtue; therefore the enemies of our enemy are our friends.
The practical reality behind this move is that the MEK has access to vast financial resources. They have spent tens of millions of dollars lobbying the US government to get off the official list of terror organizations.
The list of top-drawer US power-brokers who have happily taken their money to lobby for their rehabilitation is impressive indeed. Hell, these guys could give AIPAC a run for their money!
What they used to be was a Marxist underground resistance against our old pal, the Shah of Iran.
What they are today is a Marxist-Islamist group seeking to overthrow the Ayatollahs.
Seems to me we've sponsored this sort of resistance movement before.
Does the name "al Qaeda" ring a bell?
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