Regrettably those that orchestrated this most recent anti-Iran campaign largely achieved their objective, which was to further demonize Iran, increase support for harsher sanctions, and lay the groundwork for military action.
Most Iranians reading the corporate media of the past several months most likely became very anxious and concerned about the increased chances of war breaking out.
But if one dug deeper and turned to alternative sources of news and commentary the outlines of an orchestrated campaign begins to emerge. Below I will provide links to these sites.
If you bother to visit them you should be able to discover for yourself how different things are to what the mainstream media is reporting.
With GOP presidential candidates attempting to out-do each other in their Iran bashing and some regional American newspapers reporting that Iran has a nuclear weapon, the fuse has been lit.
Soon lies will reinforce bigger lies and allegations will turn into solid evidence and the momentum towards war with Iran will take on a life of its own.
No matter how many millions take to the streets in protest they will not be able to stop the war makers.
When Americans whine and complain about the billions and trillions spent on the Iraq and Afghanistan wars it needs to be asked; "Where did that money go?".
The answer to that should be easy to find by simply looking over the financial reports of the "defense industry" for the past ten years.
Essentially American taxpayers transferred their wealth over to corporations making drones, bombs, warplanes, uniforms, bullets, and all the other corporations that are doing war business in Iraq, Afghanistan, and the other countries in the region.
As we all know America is winding down its military "activity" in the Middle East.
What does this mean?
It means those billions of dollars that were flowing into the coffers of the military industrial complex over the past ten years has radically decreased.
So what better way to re-open the spigots of cash by starting a war with Iran while also scaring the Sunni's to spend their oil money on sophisticated armaments that they don’t' have a clue how to use.
The "plot" to assassinate the Saudi ambassador, the false and misleading hype prior to the release of the IAEI report, the "leaks" that Israel was about to bomb Iran's nuclear sites, all point to a CIA-Mossad collaboration, which have as their primary mission to protect America's vital national security interests. And at the top of this list are cheap oil and their biggest military outpost, Israel.
What is revealing about all this is that they went into all this trouble simply because they know they can't take military action against Iran.
And they can't take military action because the escalating retaliations will most definitely mean oil prices over $200 a barrel and the likelihood of a regional war that may last for decades that could go nuclear.
Unfortunately the response by Iranian officials over the past several months has only reflected the continuing disarray in Iran's leadership and the usual ignorance of the workings of Washington.
A thirty-year-old Iranian friend that is a seyed and a former Basij asked me what I thought about Iran's reaction to all of this and I said, "Neshestan to ye boshke va az sedaye khodeshon ke mipiche khosheshoon miyaad." .
What I meant by this is that so many web sites are blocked in Iran that they have blinded themselves to reality. Juan Cole's site is blocked. Gary Sick's site is blocked. Tehran Bureau is blocked. The Guardian is blocked. CASMII was blocked but is now unblocked.
Any Iranian official responsible to report to decision makers on what is happening in Washington and the Middle East and is not reading what is written on these sites, and passing on a Farsi translating, is failing in his or her duties.
Witnessing all this from Iran is to say the least very stomach churning because it's clear so called "leaders", here and aboard, are just muddling through, don't have sufficient information, not getting un-biased advice, reading newspapers that provide distorted manipulative misinformation, and therefore could end up making decisions that may result in the death of thousands, if not millions, of Iranian men, women and children.
Given this situation it would be easy to throw ones arms in the air and claim there is nothing that can be done. Wrong. You can do something. Get informed. Pass on what you have learnt. Use the freedoms provided in America to lobby. Contact your congressman. Open their eyes.
If the MEK can hire warmongers to spew anti-Iran nonsense then you can line up anti-war speakers. Get organized. Fundraise. Get informed.
Because if you sit back and do nothing, and stay uninformed, these warmongers will get their war and you will never forgive yourself.
Here is list of sites that are doing their part:
//www.iranaffairs.com/iran_affairs.
//www.campaigniran.org/casmii.
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Mohammad Alireza
by Fred on Sat Nov 12, 2011 03:36 PM PSTAgain, to be a genuine anti-war activist, one needs to be evenhanded.
Even though the Democrats are in office, apparently you find America being run by the right-wingers. And you obviously do not see fit to assign any blame to the Islamist Rapists Republic. Keep on trucking.
Reminiscent of old USSR anti-Western propaganda by Правда!
by Oon Yaroo on Sat Nov 12, 2011 03:14 PM PST"...It means those billions of dollars that were flowing into the coffers of the military industrial complex over the past ten years has radically decreased.
So what better way to re-open the spigots of cash by starting a war with Iran while also scaring the Sunni's to spend their oil money on sophisticated armaments that they don’t' have a clue how to use....."
So, what's the alternative? Let the Russians and Chinese suck the blood of Iranians by keeping their client regime, IRR, in place for ever!?
We Regard the VF Terrorist Regime as the Problem
by Masoud Kazemzadeh on Sat Nov 12, 2011 03:03 PM PSTMohammad Alireza: And by the way to be anti-war these days automatically means anti-American given that it is America that is waging wars around the world.
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MK: We 100% disagree with you. In our view (the oldest, main, largest pro-democracy political party/organization of Iran), we blame the reactionary, extremist, fundamentalist, terrorist, warmonger regime ruling Iran as the party MOST responsible for any war.
We are NOT anti-American. We are anti-reactionary terrorist regime which has been brutalizing the Iranian people. And we oppose war.
//www.iranazad.info/jebhehkharej/jkh11/11/09solh.htm
MK
Fred it's not about you.
by Mohammad Alireza on Sat Nov 12, 2011 02:51 PM PSTIf you will allow your ego to stand aside a minute you will be able to understand what the issue is: war on Iran.
Do you get that?
And by the way to be anti-war these days automatically means anti-American given that it is America that is waging wars around the world.
Next time I will be more evenhanded and quote John Bolton, Rush Limbaugh and Fox News if that will make you feel better.
Mohammad Alireza
by Fred on Sat Nov 12, 2011 02:26 PM PSTI did not, as you say, take “offense’ with your article, just pointed out the lack of evenhandedness in this type of anti-war activism makes it look like the anti-American tripe that the Islamists/rabid Anti-Semites and their likeminded lap poodle of lefty allies sprew.
Also, if contributing “articles” has any significance to you, well, you did not look carefully enough.
To Fred and Roozbeh
by Mohammad Alireza on Sat Nov 12, 2011 11:49 AM PSTGiven that you both have taken offense with what I have written I thought I'd try to find out more about you.
It was interesting to see from your profiles that neither of you have ever had an article posted on Iranian.com and you only have blog entries and news contributions.
Why is that?
Lack of a proper perspective? Try "Revolutionary Defeatism,"
by Hooshang Tarreh-Gol on Sat Nov 12, 2011 08:55 AM PSTsee how it works?
Revolutionary Defeartism: refers to a perspective and practice in which the soliders on both sides, instead of killing each other, turn their guns around and take aim at their own commanders. Thus ensuring and end to war, and beginning of solidarity amongst nations.
Lack of shame!
by Roozbeh_Gilani on Sat Nov 12, 2011 08:28 AM PSTYet another pro IRI west residing lobbyist jumping on the just and honourable anti-war cause, blaming everything from US corporations to Sunni muslims for the shameless threats of military attack on our beloved homeland and it's people, yet completely missing, and failing to mention the leading role the criminals at Islamist regime leadrship are playing in this shameful episode of our country's history.
No to War, No to Islamist Fascism
Yes to peace, democracy and social justice for Iranians and all people of ME
Lack of evenhandedness
by Fred on Sat Nov 12, 2011 08:10 AM PSTNot talking about lobbies like the NIAC lobby and its conjoined twin the CASMII lobby, but the real honest anti-war activists.
The main problem with the “anti-war” crowd who are focused on Iran is their lack of evenhandedness.
The Islamist Rapist Republic never ever gets any share of the blame for its warmongering from these people and that makes this type of “anti-war” activists more of lefty anti-Americans than the real anti-war humanitarians.