George W.'s latest pig-headed belligerence is now escalating relations with Iran to new, more volitile level. After 50+ years of American interference, is it any wonder that Iranians don't trust American Foreign-Policy? The pursuit of cheap oil goes back nearly one hundred years, with American Foreign policy being nothing but an excuse to swindle and steal to power our economy. Remember the "Iran-hostage-crisis"?? It was the direct result of the American C.I.A.'s covert overthrow of the ELECTED president of Iran!! W.W.II fighting in the Balkans, The Phillipines, and Africa were ALL based quests for cheap oil. (For a detailed account of the history of American policy failures based on "oil", go to: TIME Magazine.... May 19, 2003... an Article called: "The Oily Americans, Why the World Doesn't Trust the U.S. About Petroleum: A History of Meddling". This story details how (The Republican Party's FAVORITE President) Ronald Reagan secretly supplied arms to Saddam Hussein, during the Iran-Iraq war..... It seems obvious, that the latest bravado and posturing by Iran's president is based on a long history of American transgressions. Perhaps a better method of "de-fusing" this dangerous situation would be to OFFER nuclear-technology to Iran.. HELP them to build their reactors, and enrichment facilities; all the while, illustrating the "two-sides" of this "sword". Take Iranian officials to Chernobyl, to "Three-Mile-Island", to the Hanford Nuclear facility (home of the MOST dangerous , expensive, and radioactive environmental hazards in America) Let them interview the cancer-ridden survivors of Russia's nuclear failures. Teach them about the costs of "spent-fuel" storage and containment. Illustrate the "hidden" costs of "securing", guarding, and ultimately destroying weapons which CANNOT be used. Tell them about the nuclear-plant owned by P.N.M..... which is opperating AT A LOSS TO STOCKHOLDERS!! Show them the environmental risks of this dangerous technology. Meanwhile, STOP refering to an "Axis of Evil".... unless it refers to the Bush/Cheney/Rumsfeld trio. A wise man once said that "The best way to get rid of your enemy is to make him your friend". The Iranian populace is "prime" to become a democracy, to buy American products, to overthrow their "fundmental" mullahs and particpate in a global economy. The Bush philosophy of confrontation and "Stay-The-course" is un-enlightened, short-sighted, and ultimately provocative in nature. It CANNOT create a "safer" America, or world. Dave
- posted by Dave @ 10:11 PM