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A foreign policy advisor to Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney has been active in recent months in an advocacy campaign to rehabilitate the reputation of an underground organization in Iran known as the Mujahedin-e Khalq. The MEK has been designated by the U.S. State Department as a "terrorist" organization.
Mitchell Reiss, former director of policy planning at the State Department during the Bush administration, is now advising the former Massachusetts governor on foreign policy, the New Republic recently reported. Reiss also advised Romney's 2008 campaign.
The MEK claims to have renounced terrorism since 2001, and has embarked on a campaign to rehabilitate their image in western eyes. It regularly pays influential individuals tens of thousands of dollars for brief speaking engagements, and a number of high profile political figures have come out in support of the group, including former Vermont Governor Howard Dean (D). It is not clear where their funding comes from.
Originally posted by FraternitasSaturni
Islamic and marxist?
You sure?
Originally posted by RRokkyy
reply to post by youdidntseeme
Cultural Marxism tells us Mormonism is just a version of Christianity.
Get real.
Its a political cult of polygamists that has conquered a state.
Another version of insanity.
Belief in it should disqualify anyone from office.
Originally posted by youdidntseeme
Originally posted by RRokkyy
reply to post by youdidntseeme
Cultural Marxism tells us Mormonism is just a version of Christianity.
Get real.
Its a political cult of polygamists that has conquered a state.
Another version of insanity.
Belief in it should disqualify anyone from office.
So what yu are saying is that the article in the OP here doesn't hurt Romney's chances for office as much as yu wuld disqualify him for his religious beliefs?
Originally posted by sheepslayer247
reply to post by The Old American
It depends on what stance you took when this sort of info came out about Obama's alleged ties.
Did you criticize Obama? If so, then you should be critical of Romney....and visa versa.
What's important is to be consistent.
Originally posted by RRokkyy
I seriously doubt he believes in anything except his getting as much money and power as possible
for him and his rich friends.
Religious insanity should be a reason to disqualify anyone.
And there is an element of terrorism in Mormonism regarding taking children as wives.
The United States, Canada, Iraq and Iran have designated the PMOI a terrorist organization.[13][14] On January 26, 2009, following what the group called a “seven-year-long legal and political battle”, the Council of the European Union removed the PMOI from the EU list of organisations it designates as terrorist.[15][16][17][18]
The PMOI and the NCRI claim to have provided the United States with intelligence on Iran's nuclear program in 2002 and 2008.
Originally posted by relpobre000
This story makes me wonder: How many times (in an average day) do Americans/British hear, read, or say the word 'terror'. In the last decade we have been inundated by this buzzword in the media and in everyday conversation. Does anyone actually consider the word anymore? Does it have any meaning?
/tangent