<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8" standalone="yes"?><oembed><version><![CDATA[1.0]]></version><provider_name><![CDATA[The Dish]]></provider_name><provider_url><![CDATA[http://dish.andrewsullivan.com]]></provider_url><author_name><![CDATA[Andrew Sullivan]]></author_name><author_url><![CDATA[https://dish.andrewsullivan.com/author/sullydish/]]></author_url><title><![CDATA[Annals Of Absurdity]]></title><type><![CDATA[link]]></type><html><![CDATA[<p><span style="font-size: 8pt;"><em>b</em><em>y Zack Beauchamp</em></span></p> <p>The MEK, a Iranian cult-of-personality Marxist terrorist organization immensely unpopular among Iranians, is <a href="http://thecable.foreignpolicy.com/posts/2011/08/25/mek_rally_planned_for_friday_at_state_department" target="_self">staging</a> a rally outside the White House today to protest its place on the terrorist organization list. When was the last time you could remember any other terrorist organization that killed Americans demonstrating outside the White House and lobbying influential American politicians? What&#39;s next, HezbollahPAC?</p> <p>And just to make apparent the bunkum that is the MEK&#39;s claim to leading the democratic opposition, <a href="http://www.niacinsight.com/2011/08/16/irans-greens-warn-u-s-against-supporting-the-mujahedin/" target="_self">here&#39;s</a> an editorial from Kaleme, a leading Green newspaper:</p>]]></html></oembed>