Mossadegh Legacy Institute - MLI

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.