"The claim is made that Ahmadinejad stole the election, because the outcome was declared too soon after the polls closed for all the votes to have been counted. However, Mousavi declared his victory several hours before the polls closed. This is classic CIA destabilization designed to discredit a contrary outcome. It forces an early declaration of the vote. The longer the time interval between the preemptive declaration of victory and the release of the vote tally, the longer Mousavi has to create the impression that the authorities are using the time to fix the vote. It is amazing that people don[HTML_REMOVED]#8217;t see through this trick.
On May 23, 2007, Brian Ross and Richard Esposito reported on ABC News: [HTML_REMOVED]#8220;The CIA has received secret presidential approval to mount a covert [HTML_REMOVED]#8220;black[HTML_REMOVED]#8221; operation to destabilize the Iranian government, current and former officials in the intelligence community tell ABC News.[HTML_REMOVED]#8221;
On May 27, 2007, the London Telegraph independently reported: [HTML_REMOVED]#8220;Mr. Bush has signed an official document endorsing CIA plans for a propaganda and disinformation campaign intended to destabilize, and eventually topple, the theocratic rule of the mullahs.[HTML_REMOVED]#8221;
A few days previously, the Telegraph reported on May 16, 2007, that Bush administration neocon warmonger John Bolton told the Telegraph that a US military attack on Iran would [HTML_REMOVED]#8220;be a [HTML_REMOVED]#8216;last option[HTML_REMOVED]#8217; after economic sanctions and attempts to foment a popular revolution had failed.[HTML_REMOVED]#8221;
On June 29, 2008, Seymour Hersh reported in the New Yorker: [HTML_REMOVED]#8220;Late last year, Congress agreed to a request from President Bush to fund a major escalation of covert operations against Iran, according to current and former military, intelligence, and congressional sources. These operations, for which the President sought up to four hundred million dollars, were described in a Presidential Finding signed by Bush, and are designed to destabilize the country[HTML_REMOVED]#8217;s religious leadership.[HTML_REMOVED]#8221;
The protests in Tehran no doubt have many sincere participants. The protests also have the hallmarks of the CIA orchestrated protests in Georgia and Ukraine. It requires total blindness not to see this."
Paul Craig Roberts was Assistant Secretary of the Treasury in the Reagan administration.
http://www.counterpunch.org/roberts06192009.html
Total blindness…………………
Freedom of contract. We sell them guns that kill them; they sell us drugs that kill us.
