King Abdullah of Saudi Arabia: instead of encouraging the US to attack Iran, he should put his own House in order
Iranians do not need a bunch of WikiLeaks cables to confirm their country’s unloved standing in the tough neighbourhood of the middle east. One need only think back to the Iran-Iraq war, the longest conventional war (1980–88) of the 20th century, to remember why.
Most Arab monarchies, fearful of further Iran-style revolutions sweeping through the middle east, sided with Iraq in that war—as did many western powers. The conflict not only shattered a whole generation, with fatalities reaching a million; but it also cemented hardline rule in Iran. Overnight, any dissent became absolute treason, while even those Iranians who opposed the Islamic Republic united behind the state against foreign aggression. Anyone who walks through the Muslim (Shia, Sunni, Fars or Arab) cemeteries in Iran, as well as the Armenian,
jim evans
So American based global capitalists run the world…or think they do …and torture and murder those who don`t see things their way?
So can we PLEASE stop fantasising about democratic politics in Europe….. when it`s perfectly obvious that voters and their political representatives are just window-dressing designed to obscure the reality of a world dictatorship …..run by and for the benefit of a global financial elite comprising the sort of people who pulled off the 1929 and recent global financial “crash” scams?
Time for the UN to move somewhere it isn`t run by the USA….and to start a global truth and reconciliation process!
Dr. Marc Latham
Good informative article.