22 November 2007Conservative Middle East Council, Parliament, London 1 US Division of Foreign Policy...

22 November 2007 Conservative Middle East Council, Parliament, London

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US Division of Foreign Policy Towards Iran

Paul Sheldon Foote


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Academic Credentials

• Professor of Accounting, California State University, Fullerton

• BBA, University of Michigan—Ann Arbor; MBA, Harvard Business School; Ph.D., Michigan State University


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Marriage in Iran

• Married an Iranian khanam in Tehran, Iran, 1968

• Met my wife in London, 1967, when we worked at the Chief Foreign Branch of Barclays Bank (Fenchurch at Lombard streets)


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Military Service

• Army lieutenant, Vietnam War

• Volunteered and served in Vietnam, 1968-1969, to fight communists

• Real veteran and conservative, not a neoconservative chickenhawk


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Irandoost

• Lover of Iran• Persian language

studies, Harvard University, 1971-1972

• Professor Richard Frye, Greater Iran

• Sir Roger Stevens, The Land of the Great Sophy


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International Work Experience

• Government of Norway, Oslo, 1967

• Barclays Bank, London, 1967

• U.S. Army, Vietnam, 1968 – 1969

• American Embassy, Tehran, Iran, 1970


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International Work Experience 2

• Citibank, Lebanon and India, 1972-1973

• Singer Sewing Machine Company, Greece, Iran, Turkey, Lebanon, Morocco, 1974 – 1975


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International Work Experience 3

• Sultan Qaboos University, Oman, 1994 – 1996.

• English language teaching, Islamic Republic of Iran, 1995, 1996.

• Fraud consulting, Oman, 1998.


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Republican Party Credentials

• Lifelong registered Republican, never a neoconservative admirer of Trotsky or of communism

• Elected: Los Angeles Republican County Central Committee, 1990


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Republican Party Credentials 2

• Republican candidate for California State Assembly, 1992


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Ron Paul

• Republican Congressman: I support for President in 2008

• Libertarian Party presidential candidate, 1988

• “Neo-CONNED” speech to Congress, 2003


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Patrick J. Buchanan

• Right From The Beginning, 1988 political autobiography

• Neoconservatives, claiming to be former communists, cannot dupe real conservatives.


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Patrick J. Buchanan 2

• A Republic, Not an Empire (2002)

• Real American conservatives support setting an example of how to have a great republic at home, not how to invade other countries to steal resources.


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• Where the Right Went Wrong (2005)

• Neoconservatives (Neo-Trotskyites) are not anti-communist because they opposed the Soviet Union after Stalin’s murder of Trotsky.


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• “Who are the neoconservatives? The first generation were ex-liberals, socialists, and Trotskyites, boat-people from the McGovern revolution who rafted over to the GOP at the end of conservatism’s long march to power with Ronald Reagan in 1980.”


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Justin Raimondo

• Director, Antiwar.com• Former public office

candidate: Libertarian and Republican parties

• Articles critical of neoconservatives (Trotskycons) and of MEK


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Justin Raimondo 2

• Book: Reclaiming The American Right


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Claes Ryn

• Professor, Catholic University of America

• Book: America the Virtuous

• Parallels between neoconservatives (neo-Jacobins) and the Reign of Terror of French Revolution


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Lew Rockwell

• Libertarian articles critical of neoconservatives and of MEK posted at LewRockwell.com


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Renew Diplomatic Relations

• Bruce Laingen, Republican and highest ranking diplomatic hostage in Iran, has supported talks and diplomatic relations with Iran

• Example: March 6, 1998 PBS News Hour


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End Western Support of Terrorists

• There are no good terrorists.

• Western countries need to stop all operations of Iranian Communist MEK (MKO, PMOI, NCRI, Rajavi Cult, or Pol Pot of Iran) terrorists.


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Close Camp Ashraf, Iraq

• September 2002: President Bush used MEK as pretext for Iraq War.

• 2003: American and coalition forces attacked Camp Ashraf.

• 2007: America protects its communist enemies.


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End Trade Sanctions

• President Clinton, a Democrat, at the World Jewish Congress Dinner (New York City, April 30, 1995) announced he would sign executive orders stopping investment in Iran.


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End Trade Sanctions 2

• Clinton thanked Edgar Bronfman, a major shareholder in Conoco, for stopping Conoco from investing $1 billion in Iran’s petroleum industry.

• Clinton noted Bronfman’s Zionist ties.


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• “I know he was the President of the World Jewish Congress, the World Zionist Organization, the Jewish Agency, Conference of Presidents of Major Jewish Organizations.” –Clinton, April 30, 1995


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• The West has promoted trade and investment involving tens of thousands of factories in Communist China.

• China has millions of political prisoners and executes many for religious or political beliefs.


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• Republican Presidential candidate Ron Paul has a policy of nonintervention

• Contrary to neoconservative lies, real conservatives are not isolationists. We support world trade, not endless wars.


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Condemn Zionist Racism

• “A million Arabs are not worth one Jewish fingernail.” –Rabbi Yaacov Perrin at 1994 funeral for Baruch Goldstein, charter member of Jewish Defense League who murdered 29 Muslims.


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Stop Strangling Iran

• Neoconservatives lie about exporting democracy.

• European powers crushed Persia’s 1906 Constitutional Revolution.

• Iranians struggled for democracy a century ago.


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Reject Zionist Claims to Palestine

• For an honest history of the 7th Century conversion of King Bulan and of the Khazars to Judaism, read Chagall’s Target.

• Ashkenazics were descendents of Noah's son Japhet, not Shem.

• Turco-Finns, not Semites and not “Chosen”.


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Do not reward NPT non-signers

• Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty non-signers:

• India• Israel• North Korea• Pakistan


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Stop Stealing Resources

• The 1872 Reuters Concession described by Lord Curzon as 'the most complete and extraordinary surrender of the entire industrial resources of a kingdom into foreign [i.e. British] hands'

• Newspapers published editorials and articles expressing shock at Baron de Reuter’s concession from Persia’s Shah.


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Stop Stealing Resources 2

• The Shah of Iran squandered the wealth of the Iranian people for the benefit of American interests.

• The Shah of Iran abolished political parties and created a one-party totalitarian state.

• Interlock: The untold story of American banks, oil interests, the Shah's money, debts, and the astounding connections between them

• --book by Mark Hulbert


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• Stop using the World Bank, the International Monetary Fund, and other international organizations to control and impoverish countries.


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• Neoconservatives lied about exporting democracy and fighting terrorism in Iraq.

• Be honest about petrodollar warfare: “It is the crude, dude.”


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Contact Information

• Professor Paul Sheldon Foote• Department of Accounting• California State University, Fullerton• PO Box 6848• Fullerton, CA 92834-6848 USA• (714) 278-2682• Email: [email protected]• Skype Name: paulsheldonfoote

mailto:[email protected]


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Blog and Political Forum

• http://360.yahoo.com/paulsheldonfoote

• http://groups.yahoo.com/group/traitorsusa/

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