State Department sponsors Saudi trip of apologist for Islamic Republic of Iran

A very interesting post from http://www.jihadwatch.org/ about the U.S. State Department's foreign policy. This follows this post about a state-funded university spouting hatred! With YOUR Tax Dollers, of course!!  and this article about the recent news about the former ban on offshore drilling which would encourage American energy independence. This is a key issue to prevent money from going to hostile countries such as Iran   and Venezuela. For more that you can do to get involved click HERE!



State Department sponsors Saudi trip of apologist for Islamic Republic of Iran


Islamic supremacist metrosexual Reza Aslan is a Board member of the unsavory Tehran-linked NIAC. "State Department Sponsors Saudi Trip of Pro-Iran Apologist," by Barry Rubin, October 25 (thanks to Mark):



There are days when you think: No, this nightmare can't be real! Is the Obama Administration really so bad? Have the policymakers really taken leave of their senses?

And then you see this:



The U.S. Consulate-General in Saudi Arabia "hosted Dr. Trita Parsi, founder and President of the National Iranian American Council.....Dr. Parsi chaired a roundtable luncheon hosted by CG [Consul-General] Tom Duffy. This event was very well-received by the audience, a mix of prominent academics, businesspeople, journalists, and intellectuals. There was significant audience participation and interest in the topic."



According to Parsi's own site, to which the official U.S. site helpfully sends you, "Dr. Parsi was invited to speak and share his expertise on U.S.-Iranian relations and Iranian politics during the first week of October at several events in Riyadh, Dharan and Jeddah." The official U.S. consulate site tries to pretend that Parsi is actually some kind of noted scholar whereas his claim to fame consists almost entirely in convincing the repressive Tehran dictatorship to back him.



The U.S. State Department recently also organized a paid tour for the imam of the "Ground Zero" mosque who rejects U.S. policy toward Hamas, blames America for the September 11 attack, and claims the United States has murdered large numbers of innocent Muslims.



Under what program is all this done?



"As part of the US government's public affairs outreach, the State Department tours prominent US-based experts and academics in the region to provide an opportunity for officials from foreign ministries, academics, journalists, and members of the business community to engage with them."



Parsi has been the leading lobbyist in America for the Iranian Islamist regime and, at least until last year's election, was also an apologist for President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad. He worked actively (in partnership with the anti-Israel front group J Street, no less) to stop U.S. sanctions on Iran....



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