If somebody did this to America.....
Condi Rice went before the Senate today and "proposed Wednesday to spend $85 million to promote political change inside Iran by subsidizing dissident groups, unions, student fellowships and television and radio broadcasts."
Imagine if a foreign government, say the Chinese, had openly proposed a program to spend $85 million in an effort to overthrow the US government. (Save the snark about Bush, I'm serious here.)
Just as an example, imagine if some of those groups had a history of violence or terrorism. What if somebody had dumped millions into the Symbianese Liberation Army or the Christian Identity movement?
I'm not completely against action of this sort, but how hamhanded a way is this to conduct business? Just how incapable is this administration? Didn't we learn anything from the previous efforts to topple Mossadeq which eventually led to the Shah's fall and gave us the hostile Iran we have today?
Imagine if a foreign government, say the Chinese, had openly proposed a program to spend $85 million in an effort to overthrow the US government. (Save the snark about Bush, I'm serious here.)
Just as an example, imagine if some of those groups had a history of violence or terrorism. What if somebody had dumped millions into the Symbianese Liberation Army or the Christian Identity movement?
I'm not completely against action of this sort, but how hamhanded a way is this to conduct business? Just how incapable is this administration? Didn't we learn anything from the previous efforts to topple Mossadeq which eventually led to the Shah's fall and gave us the hostile Iran we have today?
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