{"id":927,"date":"2007-05-24T15:21:00","date_gmt":"2007-05-24T15:21:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.beliefnet.com\/godspolitics\/2007\/05\/elizabeth-palmberg-there-they-go-again.html"},"modified":"2007-05-24T15:21:00","modified_gmt":"2007-05-24T15:21:00","slug":"elizabeth-palmberg-there-they-go-again","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/godspolitics\/2007\/05\/elizabeth-palmberg-there-they-go-again.html","title":{"rendered":"Elizabeth Palmberg: There They Go Again (And Again&#8230;)"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" hspace=\"10\" src=\"https:\/\/www.sojo.net\/images\/blog\/070524_abrams.jpg\" align=\"right\" vspace=\"10\" \/>Deputy National Security Advisor Elliot Abrams has allegedly <a title=\"http:\/\/blogs.abcnews.com\/theblotter\/2007\/05\/bush_authorizes.html\" href=\"http:\/\/blogs.abcnews.com\/theblotter\/2007\/05\/bush_authorizes.html\">\u201cblessed\u201d an undercover CIA attempt to destabilize the government of Iran<\/a>. Abrams was, of course, involved in an earlier covert attempt to undermine a foreign government (of Nicaragua) which involved illegally <a title=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Iran-Contra_Affair\" href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Iran-Contra_Affair\">selling arms <em>to<\/em> Iran<\/a>. This November will be the 16th anniversary of Abrams\u2019 <a title=\"http:\/\/www.fas.org\/irp\/offdocs\/walsh\/summpros.htm\" href=\"http:\/\/www.fas.org\/irp\/offdocs\/walsh\/summpros.htm\">conviction of lying to Congress<\/a> about the Iran-Contra affair. We suggest that he celebrate with cake, ice cream, and maybe taking some time to talk with other administration officials about <a title=\"http:\/\/www.thenation.com\/doc\/20011015\/johnson\" href=\"http:\/\/www.thenation.com\/doc\/20011015\/johnson\">blowback<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>The term \u201cblowback\u201d was, it turns out, first used by the CIA to describe unintended negative consequences of its 1953 plot to <a title=\"http:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/library\/world\/mideast\/041600iran-cia-index.html\" href=\"http:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/library\/world\/mideast\/041600iran-cia-index.html\">overthrow the elected prime minister of Iran<\/a>, Mohammad Mossadeq.<\/p>\n<p>To be fair, the current alleged plan against the Iranian government is not licensed to kill anyone, and so far does not appear to involve lying to Congress.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Elizabeth Palmberg<\/strong> is an assistant editor for <em>Sojourners<\/em>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Deputy National Security Advisor Elliot Abrams has allegedly \u201cblessed\u201d an undercover CIA attempt to destabilize the government of Iran. 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