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How to Head Off the Imam Bomb

(Weekly Standard) Reuel Marc Gerecht - Just using Cold War parallels from the Soviet Union, or past activities in Iran, there is a long laundry list of things we could be doing. Is there any ethical or strategic reason Iranians who want clandestine U.S. support for pro-democratic activities deserve it less than did Poles in the 1980s? Why don't we let Iranians themselves judge whether they want to work clandestinely with the U.S.? It is for them, not us, to decide whether helping dissidents stay afloat and organizing unions is worthwhile. If serious Iranians don't want to do these things, then such efforts will go nowhere. Covert action is a means of encouraging voluntary activity where the proof is always in the pudding. The writer is a resident fellow at the American Enterprise Institute.
2006-01-25 00:00:00
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