US gives protected status to Iranian terrorists
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US gives protected status to Iranian terrorists
http://csmonitor.com/2004/0729/p07s01-wome.html
Suprise surprise. Gear up all you 12 year olds cause you are going to be fighting these bastards when you come of age!
EDIT: Fixed broken link
Suprise surprise. Gear up all you 12 year olds cause you are going to be fighting these bastards when you come of age!
EDIT: Fixed broken link
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Originally Posted by dub2w
help... I need our military experts to break this down for me
What do you need broken down?
It's in the article...
The title of the article says Why the US granted 'protected' status to Iranian terrorists
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Well, here's my take on it: This is a group that doesn't like the Iranian Government. The US government doesn't like the Iranian government. So...we're using them for what we can. Here's a quote from the article:
"The MKO, which would like to topple the Islamic regime in Tehran, says they would establish a more democratic, secular government.
The MKO is not known to have conducted any anti-US attacks, according to the US State Department, since assassinating several Americans in the 1970s."
That's what I'm guessing they are interested in at this point. Something like a future alternative to the Ayatollah in Iran. I don't see how this is really a conservative/liberal issue, unless liberals support the fundamentalist regime in Iran.
"The MKO, which would like to topple the Islamic regime in Tehran, says they would establish a more democratic, secular government.
The MKO is not known to have conducted any anti-US attacks, according to the US State Department, since assassinating several Americans in the 1970s."
That's what I'm guessing they are interested in at this point. Something like a future alternative to the Ayatollah in Iran. I don't see how this is really a conservative/liberal issue, unless liberals support the fundamentalist regime in Iran.
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Only because of issues that are brought up such as this:
"But some analysts see the change as related to the US presidential election. "This whole dynamic is tied up with [US] domestic politics...and not about the MKO itself, which is not really a major threat to Iran anymore," says Mohamed Hadi Semati, a political scientist from Tehran University now at the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace in Washington."
Or this is expected from our current regime?
"But some analysts see the change as related to the US presidential election. "This whole dynamic is tied up with [US] domestic politics...and not about the MKO itself, which is not really a major threat to Iran anymore," says Mohamed Hadi Semati, a political scientist from Tehran University now at the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace in Washington."
Or this is expected from our current regime?
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The key to this part is the man's credentials:
Tehran is the capital of Iran.
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says Mohamed Hadi Semati, a political scientist from Tehran University now at the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace in Washington."
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hence the discussion. To some posters here the answer was taken as fact... I was curious what others thought
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