Mirror, Mirror on the Wall: Obama on Iran

"You, too, have a choice. The United States wants the Islamic Republic of Iran to take its rightful place in the community of nations. You have that right -- but it comes with real responsibilities, and that place cannot be reached through terror or arms, but rather through peaceful actions that demonstrate the true greatness of the Iranian people and civilization. And the measure of that greatness is not the capacity to destroy, it is your demonstrated ability to build and create." That is Barack H. Obama, President of the United States, in an address of March 20, 2009.

Now here is what someone should be telling Obama, the Pentagon, and the American people:

You, too, have a choice. Iran wants the United States of America to take its rightful place in the community of nations. You have that right -- but it comes with real responsibilities, and that place cannot be reached through terror or arms, but rather through peaceful actions that demonstrate the true greatness of the American people and civilization. And the measure of that greatness is not the capacity to destroy, it is your demonstrated ability to build and create.

Iran has never engaged in a war of aggression in its modern history. For years it was torn apart as a battleground in the Cold War. Eventually the U.S. installed a cruel dictator, the Shah, who committed unspeakable crimes against the Iranian people. When they rebelled against the Shah they detained his helpers at the American Embassy for a while, then released them. After that the U.S. paid Saddam Hussein, former President of Iraq, to invade Iran. Millions died. The U.S. also shot down an Iranian unarmed civilian air liner (Iran Flight 655). We did all kinds of hurt to the Iranian people. They have never hurt us.

Barack Obama is a fraud. His is a lawyer and politician, which pretty much means he is a liar. When he speaks, save yourself: analyze, don't be gullible. The nice sounding words of the rest of his speech did not hide the usual content: do what the U.S. wants, Or Else. Is not President Obama using arms against Pakistan, Afghanistan, and Iraq right now, and paying Israel to occupy Palestine?

The world cries out for a peaceful America, one that has withdrawn all of its troops from all foreign soils. That won't happen through the criminals in the Republican or Democratic Parties. It might happen through an electoral revolution, with the Green Party or another peace party. It might happen through a socialist or anarchist revolution. But most likely, it won't happen until the economic system collapses because of the cost of imperialism being heaped on the American people (working class tax payers pay the taxes, owners of corporations reap the benefits).