Obama Openly Embraces Iran’s Opposition
"Just Leave Us Alone," Says Opposition
After months of not-so-secret backing of Iran’s “Green Revolution” opposition, the Obama Administration is moving away from the pretense of covert support and is now openly embracing the opposition as a central part of its strategy.
That strategy, which also includes calls for “crippling sanctions” against the nation, is aimed most directly at trying to get Iran to abandon its civilian nuclear program, and also speculatively as a path to regime change.
Not everyone is happy with this new approach to Iran’s opposition, but perhaps the most visibly upset group is the opposition itself, which is desperately trying to establish itself as a viable domestic opposition group amid government claims that it is little more than a front for the Obama Administration.
America’s funding for the groups is still officially secret, but the support is seriously undermining their standing in Iran, as the Iranian population suffers under the yoke of US-backed sanctions and hears, increasingly credibly, that the pro-democracy activists are being used by the US to undermine stability in the nation.
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jojo
March 11th, 2010 at 1:38 pm
I thought we are dead broke-"America’s funding for the groups is still officially secret"
Just imagine if the Iranians were funding Alex Jones or Ron Paul or god forbid-Jesse Vanturia,how long would Iran exist or any of the mentioned :^/
epppie
March 11th, 2010 at 3:43 pm
The antiwar movement and the Left made a horrible mistake when they chose to uncritically support the Green Coup in Iran, without giving any real consideration whatever to very real questions about who was really supporting the Green Coup, and whether their claims that they won the election were legit and – most importantly – whether, by playing into the hype that sought to delegitimize the government in Iran, we were playing straight into the War Propaganda machine, unwitting accomplices to the War Machine. Yes there is a reform movement in Iran that is deep and strong, but no, that reform movement is not necessarily the same as the Green Coup, anymore than desire for reform in Georgia is the same as the Velvet Coup there, anymore than the desire for reform in Ukraine was the same as the Orange Coup there.
When US covert ops and 'soft power' 'democracy promotion' ops manipulate reform movements abroad, they betray those very movements they PRETEND to assist. What we have seen again and again in international affairs is that America's Bestest Friend is not necessarily a good place to be…when the US political establishment gives you its love, that love may just be a wee bit toxic…
Thomas T.
March 11th, 2010 at 8:34 pm
Left, Right, Dem, Repub, they all working for the same billionaires that run the show.
Gregorio
March 11th, 2010 at 9:21 pm
So US meddling in Iran has contributed to the weakening of reformists who have sold out by accepting US cash to advance their agenda. Did the reformists think it would be otherwise? Look at the leaders of the environmental movement who, upon taking corporate money, turn their backs on their principles. Why doesn't this work in Israel, where US support of the government there would discredit that government's alleged autonomy? I'll tell you why. Because that government is comprised of gangsters who care not about public opinion, who have deep financial ties with elitist, European and US Jewry [read: 'bankers' and not your average temple attendant] who, in turn, look down on all Sephardic Jews and Arab Semites. According to Gilad Atzmon, former IDF soldier and current professor, the Israeli government is worse than the Nazis because at least the Nazis were out in public with their anti-semitism, while the Zionists hate Arabs and poor Jews, while extolling democracy and promoting murderous apratheid.
dahoit
March 11th, 2010 at 2:59 pm
this guy obomba sucks,congress sucks,the media sucks,and f*cking israel sucks.nuff said?revolting isn't it.