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justified, if that even matters any more. They have not invaded anyone. They have not bombed anyone. They are a sovereign nation, and and sovereign nations have the right to make treaties or not make treaties, on nuclear issues as well as all others. They have been accused on breaking a treaty they signed not to develop nuclear weapons. Well, they have the right to break treaties, do they not? I repeat, they are a SOVEREIGN nation, which has the right to act in its own interests, and to protect itself.
And I cannot help but see the contrast to the Bush junta, which HAS bombed another country without any justification, has slaughtered tens of thousands of innocent people and tortured many more, and is now occupying that country against the will of the majority, and has broken numerous treaties, agreements and laws, including the Geneva Conventions and the United Nations Charter.
Who deserves to be bombed and invaded?
Who has the hothead government, that cannot be trusted by the international community? Who has been saber rattling and issuing threats against Iran, Syria, Venezuela and North Korea?
Iran also has some blowhard leaders, who have been especially vituperative about Israel--who, it needs to be pointed out, was complicit with the U.S. in the destruction of Iran's democracy in 1953, and the installation of the horrible, torture-loving Shah, who terrorized Iranians for 25 years, something that Iranians have not forgotten, although it may have been a tiny blip in the news here. We and Israel DESTROYED their democracy and their greatest democratic leader, and colluded in their oppression for TWENTY-FIVE YEARS, and literally drove the population of Iran into the arms of the mullahs. They have good reason not to trust us, and good reason to be fearful of Israel's intentions, whom everyone knows has nuclear weapons.
And they are to be bombed and/or invaded by the Bush junta, for some intemperate language and for developing weapons to protect themselves with--which they have every right to do?
Are wars to be started and tens of thousands of people to be slaughtered now, on a whim? Because Israel has let itself become a paranoid, armed, medieval fortress, and doesn't like Iran's rhetoric, and wants to be the only big nuke honcho in the neighborhood?
Frankly, I believe that the Bush junta and Israel are far more dangerous to world peace than any other country, bar none, both because of their actions--the U.S. bombing, invading and occupying Iraq, and Israel violating numerous UN resolutions and stealing Palestinian land, and shoving the Palestinians around--and because of their military capabilities which are the biggest and scariest on earth. The Bush junta is without any "balance of power" controls. They can do as they like, in the face of overwhelming opposition to their war of aggression in Iraq among Americans, because they control the election system. As for Israel, I don't think it wants a nuclear war that would poison its own region, and could smother all life on earth. Read Carl Sagan's "The Cold and the Dark," which describes the impacts to our atmosphere of even a limited nuclear exchange. The Israelis are at least smart--which can't be said for the Bush junta--and have probably read Sagan's book. But they are nevertheless egging the Bush junta on, in the complete illusion that the Bush junta brings them safety. And both governments are in the thrall of arms dealers and war profiteers.
And all three of these foolish, macho-male governments are risking a holocaust, by their enthrallment with weaponry and aggression.
But I repeat: Who has Iran invaded? Who has Iran bombed? What is Iran's offense--how did it LOSE its sovereignty? On what basis? And how does ITS behavior compare to those who are threatening it with massive force?
Because I don't get it. Why aren't the U.S. and Israel instead APOLOGIZING to the Iranian people?
Russia is not much better--with its horrors in Chechnya (which has been fighting for its independence for over 300 years--this is nothing new or particularly jihadic--they fought the Tsars, and they fought Ivan the Terrible, and those before him). At least Russia is not saber-rattling and is trying to make peace, with Iran anyway. And there is a lot going on here that doesn't meet the eye--for instance, Iran's pending opening of an oil bourse, traded in euros, with China as their first trading partner. (Chechnya also has oil, by the way.)
All that we can hope for is that the wise and the good people of the world prevail--or at least that sufficient strategic and political interests come into play, to prevent yet another illegal, unconstitutional, pre-emptive war by Bush, the consequences of which are likely to be far, far graver than even his murderous, thieving invasion and occupation of Iraq.
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