We’ve written before about the National Iranian American Council (NIAC), the water-carriers who stall for time to the benefit of the Iranian regime. And now, as the Bush Administration seems to be willing to crack down on the Iranian forces which fund our enemies, and provide weapons to murder Americans and Iraqis, NIAC steps up to their defense once again:

The White House’s decision to designate the Iranian Revolutionary Guards Corps as a terrorist organization could deal a double blow to efforts to utilize diplomacy with Iran to stabilize Iraq. Not only does the designation risk undermining the important yet limited talks between the United States and Iran in Baghdad, but it may also negatively impact the next U.S. president’s ability to seek diplomacy with Iran by further entrenching U.S.-Iran relations in a paradigm of enmity.

Also locking the US and Iran in a paradigm of enmity? The Islamist rantings of Iran’s dictator. NIAC continues to paint a rosy picture of the Iranian regime, casting the murderous Revolutionary Guard as an unfortunate interloper, and not the heart and soul of the regime.

The Guards have heavily penetrated Iran’s economy, including some of its key industries. They are often accused of behaving like a state-sponsored mafia, with a corrupting influence on Iran’s economy, police, media, industries, judiciary and government. As such, many Iranians find the power and political influence of this paramilitary force highly problematic.

Penetrated? NIAC President Trita Parsi attempts to make it sound like the IRGC is some kind of illicit group which infilitrated Iran surreptitiously instead of being the center piece of the regime, and its main tool of repression. As they say in the technology world, “That ain’t a bug, its a feature.”