Speaks for itself

Straying of teh Res...

And we all know where that leads...

Iran is challenging both the U.S. and Israel in a region of the world that we and our allies have long dominated. If they are allowed to get away with it, other “rogue” nations will get ideas, and then there’s no stopping the unraveling of the “world order” we have worked so long and hard to maintain. We may bankrupt ourselves in the process, drive the price of oil up to $200 a barrel, and start World War III—but confront them we will, of that you can rest assured. It’s only a matter of time. ~ Justin Raimondo

Iran, like Cuba, Venezuela, Bolivia, Ecuador, North Korea, Zimbabwe, the Sudan and many other countries, rejects the status of a “second-tier” country. These countries refuse to accept the authority of the Empire.

They have thrown off the yoke of colonial oppressors and have charted their own independent courses on the world stage. Their peoples are like runaway slaves who have established their own modern maroon colonies and as such are viewed as a threat to the orderly administration of the New World Order.

And they must be brought back under control, lest they serve as dangerous examples for those peoples still enslaved. ~Centre for Global Research

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This is not to say that I think there is anything admirable about Iran, Cuba, Venezuela, Bolivia, Ecuador, North Korea, Zimbabwe, the Sudan and all the rest, but if you had been on the receiving end of the foreign policy of the people who now stand in judgment of them, say that of the United State, Britain and France, you might be acting like a bit of a terrorist yourself.

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We should never, ever forget that we're ruled by psychopaths, deeply disturbed, sick shits who formulate viciously destructive policies while posing with smiles in expensive suits. ~piglipstick

Israel Faces No Existential Threat.

by Puck T. Smith

Jews and Muslims coexisted peacefully in the Middle East for over 1,000 years prior to the Balfour Declaration and the mass immigration of European Jews and the ethnic cleansing of the Holy Land. Jews suffered greater persecution by the Crusaders than they ever did by Muslims.

http://www.soundvision.com/Info/politics/jewhistory.asp
http://www.imamsrabbis.org/en/publications/detail/2/10/19
http://www.wzo.org.il/en/resources/view.asp?id=1690
http://www.muslimbridges.org/content/view/318/83/

Neither Syria nor Lebanon want a war with Israel, they know it would be suicide. Israel has at least 100 nuclear weapons and the means to deliver them. Jordan and Egypt both have peace treaties with Israel. Neither Saudi Arabia nor Iran have common borders with Israel, they also hate each other as much as much if not more than they hate Israel. Neither has the capability to wage a military campaign against Israel. The most they could hope to do would be an air strike or a missile attack, assuming Iraq, Jordon, Syria or Egypt stood idly by while their sovereignty was violated. And I repeat, Israel has at least 100 nuclear weapons and the means to deliver them. There is no existential threat to Israel. However, Israel also knows it does not have to make any effort whatsoever to live peaceably with anyone in the region because the United States gives it totally unqualified support no matter what it does.

If that support were removed Israel would either reach an accommodation with the Palestinians or it would become a pariah state much like South Africa was before it abolished Apartheid.

More importantly than any of that, the United States has no national interest in this conflict. If by some miracle Muslims were able to conquer Israel, or if Israel were to exterminate the Palestinians completely there would be no threat to the United States as a result. However, if either of those eventualities occurred while the United States was still giving billions of dollars a year to Israel every Muslim in the world be an enemy of every US citizen they encounter anywhere on the planet. On top of all of that we cannot afford it. The United States economy is about one shock away from collapsing. If we continue to attempt to garrison and bribe the entire planet much longer it won't matter who is killing who in the Middle East because we are either going to be killing each other here or experiencing Orwell's vision of the future: a boot on the face of humanity, forever.