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Imperialism, capitalism and war

category international | anti-war / imperialism | other press author Thursday August 09, 2012 11:23author by pat c Report this post to the editors

Mike McNair writes about the ongoing threats to Iran, the development of US military policy since the defeat in Iran and the relationship between US military adventures and economic crises over the last 30 years. Full text at link.

For some years now the USA and its allies have been carrying out a blockade, or siege warfare, against Iran, under the euphemistic name of ‘sanctions’. In July, the sanctions siege was significantly intensified and alongside it the US and Israel have been organising semi-clandestine sabotage operations (most notably the Stuxnet computer virus) and assassinations.

Also parallel to the siege has been the running threat of direct bombardment - with its own set of euphemisms: the ‘surgical strike’ to ‘take out’ Iran’s potential nuclear capability. The level of media attention paid to this threat varies: very recently Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney has given his backing to an Israeli ‘strike’, while publicity has been given to the arrival in the region of US super-bunker-buster bombs.

There is something obviously irrational about this policy. The suggestion that Iran getting the bomb threatens an immediate attack on Israel, which has 100 or more warheads and complete delivery systems, etc, is ludicrous. The arguments that president Mahmoud Ahmadinejad is a madman or can be analogised to Hitler are both equal nonsense, and scarily reminiscent of similar claims about Saddam Hussein in the run-up to the 2003 invasion of Iraq.

Related Link: http://www.cpgb.org.uk/home/weekly-worker/925/imperialism-capitalism-and-war
author by FZpublication date Thu Aug 16, 2012 08:39author address author phone Report this post to the editors

Not counting Azerbaijan which is also in cahoots with Israel.

Israel reportedly has an 'undderstanding' with
Israel reportedly has an 'undderstanding' with

author by pat cpublication date Wed Aug 15, 2012 21:27author address author phone Report this post to the editors

Map of US Bases surrounding Iran. Not counting Azerbaijan which is also in cahoots with Israel.

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