What if the US exchanged MEK leaders in Iraq for Al-Qaida leaders in Iran in 2003?

[raharris1973]

" In 2003, the Bush administration refused an offer, signed off by Iran's supreme leader, Ali Khamenei, to hand over MEK leaders in Iraq in exchange for members of the military council of al-Qaida and relatives of Osama bin Laden, who had been captured by Iran as they fled Afghanistan after September 11." -

Sure, a bit unseemly, but the US making and breaking a lot of its own rules back then, and it seems like a dirty trick that's an application of Dick Cheney's One-Percent Doctrine - The One Percent Doctrine - Wikipedia.

 

[raharris1973]

I distinctly recollected, from news stories and editorials in a few outlets in the 1990s, from Dick Cheney's time out of government in the 1990s, between the two Bush administration, and working for Halliburton, he opposed the strict sanctions on Iran of the Iran-Libya Sanctions acts of 1995 and 1996. He clearly changed his tune once back in government. But this later news reporting, calls back to the earlier positions he had in the 90s. Cheney Pushed for More Trade With Iran

 

[ahmed ali]

Simply put, the image of the United States among its Arab allies is severely tarnished

Dick Cheney himself wanted any excuse to invade Iran if he became president in 2005 thanks to his bomb Vladimir Arutyunyan invaded Syria to weaken Iran's influence on the Fertile Crescent

And President Dick Cheney is very scary because he will invade every anti-American country