No War with Iran. Attacking militarily would be an egregious act displaying insanity. Three days after Pres. Trumps took another page from Netanyahu’s threats of military action regarding Iran’s legal nuclear program, both the Russian and China’s Navies sailed into and are present in Iranian waters. [insert: https://en.irna.ir/news/85774197/Chinese-and-Russian-warships-enter-Iran-s-territorial-waters ]
As of this writing, 5 days after Pres. Trump announced on Fox News that he sent a “Letter” to Iran’s Ayatolla Ali Khamenei, regarding it’s nuclear program, it has not yet been delivered to nor seen by him. [Insert official Iranian News source: https://en.irna.ir/news/85774211/Tehran-reiterates-No-letter-received-from-U-S-president]
Iran’s Ayatollah Khamenei and Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi learned of this “Letter” via the media, then clearly stated they support dialogue and negotiations but refuse to entertain threats or demands. [ insert https://en.irna.ir/news/85774061/Foreign-minister-says-negotiating-is-different-from-bullying]
Veterans For Peace is a decades-old organization whose members know all too well the fallacies, lies, inhumanity and failure of both war and the nuclear weapon industrial complex. They understand that since the overthrow of the US/UK corporate-backed Shah in 1979 by the people of Iran, it has been heavily propagandized as a rogue terrorist state run by fanatics.
As per U.S. General Wesley Clarke, the Neo-Con circle and Israel had argued whether the regime change of Iran should occur first or last of the Middle Eastern nations. In his memoirs he would mention their “Seven Countries in Five Years”. He states that Paul Wolfowitz was keen on invading Iran even if it found Iran was not pursuing a nuclear weapon. For the moment expect Israel and the U.S. to continue to ramp up urgently calling out Iran as the immediate threat to Israel, the U.S. and the world. We need to pull back, listen to Iran, and engage respectfully.
As we cast our shadow onto Iran’s nuclear program, let’s say that Israel’s leaders have already threatened to use its nuclear arsenal and that the U.S. of A. is the nation leading the extremely costly and dangerous nuclear arms race, both of whom are presently and directly endangering all humankind. Without democratic process or transparency, we continue to spend trillions of our tax monies on this industry, against the will of citizens, violating U.S. and international laws. The U.S. media is silent as our diplomats in both parties have been ordered to not even cross the street to attend or observe the weeklong proceedings last week at the UN on The Treaty on the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons, signed by 94 nations and growing.
Hardliners in the USA only support the hardliners within Iran. Iran is a most ancient and wise culture and people. It has great potential to be a truly robust and moral ally in the region. As Peace and Planet News reported Iran’s President Pezeshkian was recently elected calling for increased dialogue and understanding with the West. [ insert: https://www.pressenza.com/2024/10/reporting-for-pressenza-anthony-donovan-met-with-the-newly-elected-iranian-president-masoud-pezeshkian-in-nyc/ ].
Via a report for Pressenza the then Vice President Javad Zarif sent out a supportive video statement to the West for the same, countering the narrative of war, calling for genuine dialogue and to stop genocide. [insert: https://www.pressenza.com/2024/11/statement-from-javad-zarif-former-foreign-minister-now-vice-president-of-iran/ ]
