L’homme n’est rien, l’oeuvre – tout
The man is nothing, the work – all
Gustave Flaubert
The nuclear deal reached by Iran with world powers won’t put an end to conspiracies to wage a war of aggression against Iran.
The last US troops leaving Iraq after the country’s occupation ended
Instead of trying to invalidate the nuclear deal, the chicken-hawks of war in the US will only shift to trying to “prove” that Iran violated the nuclear deal. Lies will be repeated and peddled in order to accomplish this.
If we are going to be wise, the world must remember how the US disregarded international law, bypassed the United Nations, and ignored Iraq’s clearly proven cooperation with the international community to justify the War in Iraq. Obama was correct when he pointed out that the voices criticizing the nuclear deal are the same ones who sanctioned that disastrous war that caused many Americans to lose their lives for no good reason.
While scientists recently wrote to Obama to express praise for the deal, they also pointed out that the deal gives a clear green light for “intervention” in Iran if the country does not abide by the deal. Unfortunately, the US needs little evidence to believe that a country is not meeting its obligations. Its decisions to use military force in Iraq in 2003, Libya in 2011, and almost in Syria in 2013 were based on extremely poor evidence. In all such cases, the only “evidence” was classified. It later turned out that it didn’t exist at all, but in two cases the war had already been waged before the truth was discovered.
Rather than justifying wars or actually responding to threats as they appear, US officials are typically more interested in propaganda. They try to manipulate the media and hijack the airwaves, using their authority status to convince everyone that they are right. Fortunately, such tactics are weakening. As Julian Assange has argued, if it is possible to start a war by lying, then it is possible to start peace by telling the truth. The Internet has made this only truer, as bloggers and effective alternative media platforms counter the mainstream media narrative.
If another attempt is made to set the US on an illegal war of aggression, world opinion will not be as easy to deceive. Iran needs to also be aware of the US’s history of supposedly choosing peace, only to later come back like a wolf if it senses its old enemy bleeding and becoming vulnerable to attack. The US may not attack Iran based on the nuclear issue, but it has no shortage of excuses to attack countries.
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