Noam Chomsky (November 26, 2012)
In full agreement with Cindy Sheehan, especially where she emphasizes the American nature of this responsibility, of this moral wound [see below], I am very glad to learn about what you are doing, and pleased to endorse the mission of the Mossadegh Legacy Institute. I really wish I could do more, but demands are so intense, it’s just impossible I am afraid.
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Cindy Sheehan (November, 26, 2012)
The mission of this historic initiative should be (and indeed is) primarily an AMERICAN moral responsibility. Because the temporarily successful violent overthrow of the non-violent "George Washington of Iran" was the mother of almost all profoundly destructive subsequent errors of state judgement in the recent history of this country, at least since the deeply misguided CIA coup of August 19, 1953. government not overthrown Iran's young democratic government 60 years ago, history would have unfolded quite differently, and many of today's conflicts would have been avoided. So I firmly believe, that "We the People" should view the Mossadegh Legacy Institute (MLI) as a truly patriotic opportunity to help rehabilitate the collective conscience of our own nation. In other words, this is a neglected AMERICAN moral wound in need of authentic examination and healing, not just an Iranian, Middle Eastern, or "global South" festering wound. About Cindy Sheehan: www.cindysheehanssoapbox.com
Mother of the Late Casey Sheehan, U.S. Army Specialist killed in Iraq in 2004, Cindy Sheehan is a renowned American anti-war activist in the proud non-violent tradition of Martin Luther King, Jr. She has authored the 2006 memoir: Peace Mom: A Mother's Journey Through Heartache to Activism. She was the Vice-Presidential nominee of the Peace and Freedom Party, in the 2012 American Presidential Elections.
