Acts of War
The war between the United States and Iran is on. American taxpayer
dollars are being used, with the permission of Congress, to fund
activities which result in Iranians being killed and wounded, and
Iranian property destroyed. This wanton violation of a nation’s
sovereignty would not be tolerated if the tables were turned and
Americans were being subjected to Iranian-funded covert actions which
took the lives of Americans, on American soil, and destroyed American
property and livelihood. Many Americans remain unaware of what is
transpiring abroad in their name. Many of those who are cognizant of
these activities are supportive of them, an outgrowth of misguided
sentiment which holds Iran accountable for a list of grievances used by
the U.S. government to justify the ongoing global war on terror. Iran,
we are told, is not just a nation pursuing nuclear weapons, but is the
largest state sponsor of terror in the world today.
Much of the information behind this is being promulgated by Israel,
which has a vested interest in seeing Iran neutralized as a potential
threat. But Israel is joined by another source, even more puzzling in
terms of its broad-based acceptance in the world of American
journalism: the Mujahadeen-e Khalk, or MEK, an Iranian opposition group
sworn to overthrow the theocracy in Tehran. The CIA today provides
material support to the actions of the MEK inside Iran. The recent
spate of explosions in Iran, including a particularly devastating
“accident” involving a military convoy transporting ammunition in
downtown Tehran, appears to be linked to an MEK operation; its agents
working inside munitions manufacturing plants deliberately are
committing acts of sabotage which lead to such explosions. If CIA money
and planning support are behind these actions, the agency’s backing
constitutes nothing less than an act of war on the part of the United
States against Iran.
At war and where is the outcry? Congress? They are falling over backwards to help. The media? Silence. The public? Ritter has an answer :
One day, in the not-so-distant future, Americans will awake to the
reality that American military forces are engaged in a shooting war
with Iran. Many will scratch their heads and wonder, “How did that
happen?” The answer is simple: We all let it happen. We are at war with
Iran right now. We just don’t have the moral courage to admit it.
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