7,
April
2015 IRAN
Our
failed Middle East policy had much to do with emboldening Iran’s hardliners
beginning with the overthrow of Premier Mohammed Mosaddeq by the CIA in 1979. A
US puppet, the Shah of Iran, assumed power and unleashed a reign of terror with
his hated secret police, the Savak, which imprisoned and tortured tens of
thousands of Iranians.
Economic
sanctions have largely proved a failure and President Obama has shown courage
in his attempt to pursue détente with Iran and dissuading it from pursuing
nuclear bomb making capabilities. Sanctions only help businesses connected to
political power and are therefore counter-productive. According to Salehi
Isfahani, professor of economics at Virginia Tech, “removal of sanctions will democratize
access to global markets, and will likely reduce the tight grip of the
hardliners.”
Bombing Iran, favored by extreme right wing US and Israeli politicians, is
not an option. What do Bolton, Netanyahu, Graham and other neo-cons have in
common? They all supported an unprovoked attack against Iraq which resulted in
tens of thousands of Americans killed or wounded, hundreds of thousands of
Iraqi civilians dead, nearly $4 trillion squandered, and gave birth to ISIS
which is now on a rampage throughout the Middle East.
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