Here we go again. After all the denials about Iran and North Korea being “next”, ABC News is reporting:

The Pentagon is advocating a massive covert action program to overthrow Iran’s ruling ayatollahs as the only way to stop the country’s nuclear weapons ambitions, senior State Department and Pentagon officials told ABCNEWS.

The proposal, which would include covert sponsorship of a group currently deemed terrorist by the U.S. government, is not new, and has not won favor with enough top officials to be acted upon.

But sources say it is a viable option that is getting a new look as the administration ramps up its rhetoric against Iran, and it is likely to be one of the top items on the agenda as high-level U.S. policymakers meet today to discuss how to deal with the Islamic republic.

The Pentagon’s proposal includes using all available points of pressure on the Iranian regime, including backing armed Iranian dissidents and employing the services of the Mujahedeen e Khalq, a group currently branded as terrorist by the United States.

Donald Rumsfled is at it again. He hasn’t even been able to prove that most of his assertions about Iraq’s capabilities had any basis in fact and he’s attempting to pin something on Iran. We are in a very dangerous time from a foreign policy perspective. The worldwide opinion of the United States is extremely low and this disclosure won’t help. I’m sure Rumsfeld will deny this story vehemently, but I have not doubt in its validity. Rumsfeld and the neo-cons are determined to re-shape the world in the way they see fit with no regard for the opinions and beliefs of other nations or for the truth.

This story also harkins back to the Reagan days. Funding covert operations to overthrow governments was a favorite tactic of his administration, but isn’t it ironic that we would consider employing the services of a terrorist organization in a supposed “War on Terror”?

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