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Will We Ever Learn?
Reader comment on item: Will Washington Betray Anti-Regime Iranians?

Submitted by Marci (United States), Jul 16, 2008 at 18:49

The enemy of my enemy is my friend. American foreign policy has been built around this fallacious maxim for far too long, generating an endless loop of armament, fresh enemies, recurring betrayals and the revolving doors of tyranny. I try my hardest not to believe that our foreign policy has one goal: to feed the voracious beast of the military industrial complex. But then again, I don't know why I wouldn't believe Dwight Eisenhower-- in the most patriotic and profound speech since Lincoln's Gettysburg Adresss--when Ike, a military man through and through, warned his country that this insidious ursurpation was coming.

No more. Not supporting insurgencies. Not supporting counter-insurgencies. I will not support feeding the beast any longer.

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About Ahmadinejad nuclear intentions [358 words]worriedSep 12, 2008 09:17
↔ Will USA betray ARI [135 words]IfrahimMar 8, 2009 13:47
Iranians need to tell us what freedom is... [333 words]A Befuddled American VoterAug 5, 2008 15:01
↔ I beg you, hold back [344 words]Peter HerzSep 4, 2008 16:12
Betrayal work of Washington [151 words]HCAug 4, 2008 17:49
↔ Hard to trust Washington! [180 words]SohrabAug 5, 2008 22:24
↔ Betrayal Work of Washington / Hard To trust USA [153 words]HCAug 6, 2008 16:07
Iranian Resistance: The only solution to Iran problem [84 words]AlexJul 26, 2008 16:10
i prefer Mollahs to MEK [115 words]zigouratJul 21, 2008 10:02
↔ Amen to Zigourat [41 words]Peter.HerzJul 30, 2008 15:20
↔ Second that [95 words]ParsaAug 4, 2008 20:36
↔ Second that [51 words]ParsaAug 7, 2008 19:03
To Heck with the MEK [337 words]Peter J. HerzJul 20, 2008 18:00
Shahdom [8 words]Robert A KerrJul 20, 2008 00:04
Washingon betray people ? [8 words]Doug CorriganJul 19, 2008 20:04
Criminal Waste of a Potential Asset [196 words]Bob SternJul 19, 2008 12:45
disposable alliances, a political manoeuvre [88 words]trans-parereJul 18, 2008 18:05
definition of terrorist [19 words]joe roseJul 18, 2008 11:05
A moral duty and politically savvy [121 words]Stuart RoseJul 17, 2008 22:32
Will Washington Betray Anti-Regime Iranians? [36 words]GeorgeJul 17, 2008 18:18
Opportunists will make use of MEK opportunists. [205 words]M.D'SouzaJul 17, 2008 17:54
↔ Use the resource [104 words]Arif Jayish Al AmirkiJul 27, 2008 20:13
Yes, in a word [85 words]Arif Jayish Al AmirikiJul 17, 2008 14:12
Depends one which Washington you mean [242 words]Lame CherryJul 17, 2008 14:08
↔ Iran and Israel...Marxists and Capitalists vs. Islamists [207 words]DE TeodoruJun 21, 2009 18:33
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u.s.allies [26 words]jeff lipsonJul 17, 2008 09:41
Action, not words [122 words]Rebecca MouldsJul 17, 2008 08:58
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Send MEK to Indonesia [77 words]MaureenJul 16, 2008 20:38
Obligations to Allies, Big & Small [268 words]RubiconJul 16, 2008 20:03
Betrayal [79 words]William C. LinkJul 16, 2008 19:55
Iraqi Sovereignty. [116 words]hyman peskinJul 16, 2008 19:50
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⇒ Will We Ever Learn? [118 words]MarciJul 16, 2008 18:49
Will US betray Iranian anti-regime citizens? [59 words]GaryJul 16, 2008 18:39

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