COMMENT POSTED TO AN ARTICLE BY ALAEDDIN BOROUJERDI IN THE
INDEPENDENT
Iran considers turning
to China and Russia after Trump appointments of 'super hawks' Bolton and Pompeo
'Americans are pushing
for harder policies towards the Islamic Republic of Iran and we need to
strengthen our view towards the East, especially China and Russia,'
It would be a wise move for Iran.
I'm not sure about the extent of Russian and Chinese
openness to closer relations, but I think this potential bloc offers a lot of
strengths to oppose the clearly hostile intentions of Washington.
Iran is such an interesting case. It is a state that has
shown no aggression in its entire modern history. It takes measures to defend
itself, sure, but it has no record of aggression. Yet it is ceaselessly accused
and threatened.
And, indeed, its revolution was only in response to a bloody
tyrant, the Shah, who had been put into power by an American coup against a
democratic government toppled in the 1950s.
Yes, Iran has attacked no one while indeed being attacked
and fighting for its survival in the American-inspired Iran-Iraq War, which of
course involved the use of American-supplied chemical weapons to prevent Iran
from winning.
Tens of thousands of Iranians were poisoned by Saddam doing
America’s dirty work. It was a strategy by America of bleeding both sides. They
didn’t want Saddam “getting too big for breeches” either.
Attacked no one, unlike the state which has openly
threatened Iran many, many times, done covert operations against it, and
closely studied - spending millions preparing a few years ago - plans to attack
it.
That state is Israel, which has a long history of open
hatred and hostility towards Iran.
Why should that be? Because Iran is a very large and
potentially wealthy state which just naturally has influence and relations
throughout the region, no different than, say, France in Europe.
But Israel thinks it is entitled to dominate the region, and
it deeply resents Iran, calling all of its relationships by hostile and sinister
names.
And we must remember it is Israel which literally has attacked
every neighbor that it has, some of them several times. It is Israel that holds
millions against their will. And it is Israel that has ignored and expressed
contempt for dozens of United Nations Resolutions. It is also Israel that only
has good relations in the region with tyrants or absolute monarchs who toe the
American line.
Israel is able to do all this courtesy of the world's modern
great bully standing behind it. What the bully gets out of the relationship is
a colony in the Mideast, a willing helper in dark plots.
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Response about a
comment saying “West has lost the war in Syria, debacle looms that Iraq,
Afghanistan and Libya will end as Syria”:
West has lost?
Who is "the West"?
Israel? Saudi Arabia? Turkey?
And how can you “lose” what never was yours?
“The West” is a propaganda expression right out of the Cold
War, and its use today always denotes dishonest thinking. So, too, words about
“loosing” countries, as the United States used to speak of “losing China.”
