13.04.2013, 10:56
Zitat:Iran represents a deathblow to US global hegemony<!-- m --><a class="postlink" href="http://presstv.com/detail/2013/04/12/297864/iran-key-to-us-global-defeat/">http://presstv.com/detail/2013/04/12/29 ... al-defeat/</a><!-- m -->
Fri Apr 12, 2013 6:39PM GMT
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The US in 2013 is a very different animal from what it was in 1945. Now it resembles more a lumbering giant. Gone is its former economic prowess and its arteries are sclerotic with its
internal social decay and malaise. Crucially, too, the lumbering American giant has squandered any moral strength it may have had in the eyes of the world. Its veil of morality and democratic principle may have appeared credible in 1945, but that cover has been torn asunder by the countless wars and nefarious intrigues over the ensuing decades to reveal a pathological warmonger.
The American military power is still, of course, a highly dangerous force. But it is now more like a bulging muscle hanging on an otherwise emaciated corpse. Iran presents this lumbering, dying power with a fatal challenge.
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Zitat:Formerly Banned Iranian Group Opens Office Near White House<!-- m --><a class="postlink" href="http://www.rferl.org/content/iran-mko-iran-office/24955668.html">http://www.rferl.org/content/iran-mko-i ... 55668.html</a><!-- m -->
WASHINGTON -- Until not long ago the Mujahedin-e Khalq Organization (MKO) was on the list of the U.S. State Department's terrorist organizations. On April 11, that seemed like a distant memory as the group celebrated the opening of its Washington office just a block away from the White House, with tea and Iranian snacks.
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U.S. officials have said that they don't consider the MKO a viable Iranian opposition group or believe it can promote democratic values in Iran.
The group, which many Iranians dislike because it sided with Iraqi ruler Saddam Hussein during the Iran-Iraq War, is widely seen in the country as a cult with reportedly rigid rules for its members.
Yet at the April 11 reception, speakers were full of praise, describing the MKO as an organization that reflects the views of the Iranian people and is capable of bringing democratic change to the country.
Among those speaking was President Barack Obama's former national security adviser, U.S. General James Jones. He said the opening of the office was an "important moment" and "a step in the right direction."
Former U.S. Ambassador to the United Nations John Bolton, former U.S. Assistant Secretary of State for Public Affairs P.J. Crowley, former U.S. Representative Patrick Kennedy, and the former deputy director of the CIA's National Clandestine Service, John Sano, were also in attendance.
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