As a follow up to my previous post on the Convenience of Terrorism, I present a BBC Newsnight episode from January 17, 2007 (part one, two and three) on the terrorist organization Mujahideen-e-Khalq (MEK). The most interesting part is part two, where a letter, from what the US State Department quoted as "coming from the approval of the highest authorities in Tehran", sent through the Swiss, offered the US government Iranian support to stabilization in Iraq, transparency on it's nuclear program and an end to support for Hezbollah and Hamas. In return Iran wanted an end to US hostility, abolition of sanctions, and a request for the US to disband MEK, which it could have easily done due to the hundred thousand plus troops that were in Iraq at the time, the location of MEK's bases.
In the interview, Lawrence Wilkerson (former Chief of Staff to Secretary of State Colin Powell) says the letter was blocked by Vice President Dick Cheney, using the "we don't talk to evil" stance. This has been proved to be complete rhetoric and hypocrisy, as the events of my previous post are evidence of. It's evidence of my theory that the US government doesn't care about terrorism, simply because the blocking of this peace proposal ensured the ongoing violence between Israel, Hamas and Hezbollah, and continuing action by the Iranian Quds Force to support sectarian violence in Iraq. They only care about it when it suits their plans. I ask: how many more people have to die because of this short sighted attitude?
It's also evidence that the US's present rhetoric about Iran's nuclear ambitions are false. They had, and refused a peace agreement that would have provided total transparency of Iran's nuclear programme. The US government wants regime change. They want a government, like they did in 1953, that will serve US interests in the region. That's what they want.
In the interview, Lawrence Wilkerson (former Chief of Staff to Secretary of State Colin Powell) says the letter was blocked by Vice President Dick Cheney, using the "we don't talk to evil" stance. This has been proved to be complete rhetoric and hypocrisy, as the events of my previous post are evidence of. It's evidence of my theory that the US government doesn't care about terrorism, simply because the blocking of this peace proposal ensured the ongoing violence between Israel, Hamas and Hezbollah, and continuing action by the Iranian Quds Force to support sectarian violence in Iraq. They only care about it when it suits their plans. I ask: how many more people have to die because of this short sighted attitude?
It's also evidence that the US's present rhetoric about Iran's nuclear ambitions are false. They had, and refused a peace agreement that would have provided total transparency of Iran's nuclear programme. The US government wants regime change. They want a government, like they did in 1953, that will serve US interests in the region. That's what they want.
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