Put a Muzzle On That Thing...

Here we go again ladies and gentlemen of the United States of America. Our elected leader, President Bush has reaffirmed that he is willing to be preemptive in the use of force against Iran. Just like he did with Iraq, the words "terrorist organization", "weapons of mass destruction" doted his speech in a 49 page National Security Report "When the consequences of an attack with weapons of mass destruction are potentially so devastating, we cannot afford to stand idly by as a grave dangers materialize. ...The place of pre-emption in our national security strategy remain the same." Without providing proof he accused the Islamic REPUBLIC of supporting terrorists, threatening Israel and disrupting democratic reform in Iraq, and developing nuclear weapons. Uh huh. Really? Hmmm, the model of democratic reform that Bush so upholds? The one that supports secret black-ops prisons throughout the world, where they torture and kill in the name of Democracy? Well, before I go on a rant let me give some history on Iran for those who are not familiar with the largest country in the Middle East.

With a 5,000 year old history, Iran was known as Persia until 1935 and became a Islamic Republic in 1979 after the ruling shah was forced into exile. More on that later. The country is full of natural beauty and is full of ancient ruins, mosques and first-class museums and its people are hardworking and outwardly friendly. The country is rich in natural gas and petroleum resources. The light bulb should have went off on that last sentence. In 1951 Iran's Parliament voted to nationalize the oil industry, much to the dismay of Great Britain which held control over the oil fields throughout W.W.II, and by 1953 the Central Intelligence Agency had its first successful overthrow of a foreign government. Orchestrated by Dr. Donald N. Wilber (a gentlemen's spy) and approved by President Eisenhower, they placed in power Mohammed Reza Shah Pahlavi, someone by the way whom the CIA had total and complete contempt for. Shah Pahlavi ruled with an iron fist for 26 years until he was overthrown and forced into exile. Iran then became an Islamic Republic, backed by a generation of anti-American hatred. Hey, we brought it on ourselves folks. In September on 1980 Iraq invaded Iran thinking it was weak in the process of reforming the country and government. It was wrong, and this mistake led to 8 years of war between the two countries. It might be interesting to note, that in 1983, Donald Rumsfeld-part of an envoy sent by then President Reagan- agreed to provide Iraq with chemical and biological weapons. (See above photo) These weapons were used continuously against the Persians and eventually against the Kurds. These are the same weapons President Bush claims Saddam planned to use against America, and were his justification for going to war with him. Funny huh? So, there was no decisive winner in 1988 when both Iran and Iraq declared peace, but then again left another generation of anti-American sentiment. However, the oil and natural gas was never relinquished to foreign control.

Back to present. So since 1953, America has played a part in Iranian politics leading to 2 oppressive regimes and yet has not controlled the oil. It has done the same thing with Guatemala, Chile and Argentina resulting in tons on anti-American sentiment and creating hostile situations in many regions of the world. Iran, might I add, did attack American interest in Tehran. The U.S. Embassy to be exact, and took hostages claiming they had discovered a "nest of spies" who were secretly undermining the political process of Iran. No one believed them. Granted I don't feel that violence begets violence, however in retrospect of recent documents coming to light showing America had a part of the shah dictator coming to power, I would have to state that the Persians were defending themselves. They continue to do so. Now, our country is not taking the back door approach to control of oil interests. Its leader is declaring outright aggression without black and white proof of any attempts to attack us on our soil, without any proof that Iranians have had any part of undermining our society by infiltrating our government, without any proof that have been able to obtain materials to make a nuclear weapon. More death. More destruction. More anti-American sentiment.

I am sick to my stomach. I am sick, because people are letting him and his cronies get away with this. The Iranians have stated that they are open to talks, offered to let the Russians develop their nuclear power program, and we have ignored them. The people are scared, but the people will defend themselves. They have been doing it for over 50 years. All in the name of democracy, all in the name of righteousness does this government take pride in establishing coups and wars. I think he has gone to far, and if we let him do it we are just as bad as he is. Someone asked me what I have done to protest the war in Iraq recently, and was shocked to hear that I gladly gave up my car and opt to take public transportation or a car service when I need to. That made me laugh, because he thought I was all hot air. Why should I pay for gas and oil when kids are getting blown to bits for our right to do so? Why should I give my money to insurance companies when they keep coming up with excused to raise their rates. What have you done? If our Congress and Senate allow us to go to war with Iran, without proof of aggression, what will I be able to do to protest that? Marching gets ignored. I am open to suggestions, anything that will help me get over this shame.