Stepping Stone - Iran

January 24th, 2005 at 15:28 Björn Hallberg

The war machine of the empire is on the move again, and one can assume it is on its way to become self-sustaining and self-explanatory. Power politics hasn’t been so well played in a very long time. Even if they make it sound as if it is all about good deeds and decency. The Times concludes that Straw snubs US hawks on Iran and that the British government as a whole is growing weary of backing up the US in general. It seems unlikely that they can be coerced to show any sort of armed response to Iran’s Nuclear ‘whatever’ program.

The question still remains who is playing who and for what purpose. ‘The Hawks’, whoever really makes up their numbers, has got one goal only, total world domination. And the great game is on once more. This situation is obviously more tricky than people realize, since the players of the game are above diplomacy. And I’m not talking about Iran. No, they are quite reasonable and have no reason to botch any talks and send the situation hurling towards war. Washington on the other hand are doing their best and it’s quite frankly time for the world so wake up and realize that it is not and ordinary nation-state they are dealing with here.

Straw and his officials fear that hawks in Washington will talk the American president into a strike against Iran�s nuclear facilities, just as they persuaded him to go to war in Iraq.

The foreign secretary has produced a 200-page dossier that rules out military action and makes the case for a �negotiated solution� to curbing the ayatollahs� nuclear ambitions amid increasingly bellicose noises from Washington.

He will press home the point at a meeting with Condoleezza Rice, the incoming secretary of state, at a meeting in Washington tomorrow.

The document says a peaceful solution led by Britain, France and Germany is �in the best interests of Iran and the international community�. It refers to �safeguarding Iran�s right to the peaceful use of nuclear technology�.

The Iranians are of course also upset that Cheney made that Israel will strike first comment. And who can blame them. We all know what happened at Osirak.

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