US congress and government are considering delisting Iranian Militant Islamist Marxists Group Mojahedeen Khalgh (MEK) from their terrorist organizations list. MEK’s prominent U.S. supporters —mostly Republicans, but some Democrats too—have attended pro-MEK events and personally voiced support for the removal of MEK from the U.S. terror list. They include: former New Mexico governor Bill Richardson, former New York mayor Rudolph Guiliani, former homeland security secretary Tom Ridge, former White House Homeland Security advisor Frances Townsend, former attorney general Michael Mukasey, former CIA director Gen. Michael Hayden, former Colorado Congressman Tom Tancredo, former Indiana Congressman Lee Hamilton, and many others. They’ve made the enemy-of-my-enemy-is-my-friend argument, noting that MEK is an organized resistance group opposing a terrorist state. “The United States should not just be on your side,” Guiliani said at a pro-MEK event in December, the Washington Post reported. “It should be enthusiastically on your side. You want the same things we want.” I have compiled the above photos as a starter quiz for US politicians.
