Deception

By Soraya Sepahpour-Ulrich | ICH, July 2, 2008

“A tyrant must put on the appearance of uncommon devotion to religion. Subjects are less apprehensive of illegal treatment from a ruler whom they consider god-fearing and pious.” - Aristotle

A re-born Christian, the world’s most powerful president believes: "Behind all of life and all of history, there's a dedication and a purpose, set by the hand of a just and faithful God." His tyranny disguised, he continues his barbaric assault on humanity. One civilization already destroyed with a death toll of over a million and counting, the mainstream media having conveniently sent the Afghan war to oblivion, Mr. Bush puts attacking Iran at the forefront of his agenda. This time, his message from a ‘higher father’ will drown the whole Middle East in blood and leave America bankrupt for decades. All the while the ‘voices’ tell him that he must continue to arm Israel so that the Palestinians can be slaughtered.

It appears that for Iran to prove its nuclear energy is for peaceful purposes is akin to the myth of Sisyphus. Just as the gods had condemned Sisyphus to ceaselessly roll a rock to the top of a mountain, whence the stone would fall back of its own weight, considering it that there is no more dreadful punishment than futile and hopeless labor; so the U.S. , Israel, and their allies constantly demand that Iran prove its innocence, the negative, even though the IAEA has stated that Iran of the charges. It has become a futile task – frustrating, and hopeless. Each time, the goal post is moved - the threat of bombing Iran dangerously real. The stone will not roll back; it will fall on 70 million innocent people.

But why?

No doubt America would like to attack Iran using the civilian nuclear energy as a pretext so that it can have more bases given that most desirable for expanding its empire are in Iran. As a comparison, “[t]he Roman Empire at its height in 117 AD required thirty-seven major bases to police its realm from Britannia to Egypt, from Hispania to Armenia”. As of 2005, the US has 16 large, 22 medium, and 699 small bases making a total of 737. The number does not include 20 bases in Turkey owned by the Turkish government but used by both; the espionage installation in Britain paid for by the U.S. and disguised as the Royal Air Force; other secret bases and garrisons established since 9/11. As with Iraq where the oil was an obvious factor, in 2005 the U.S. military upgraded the Balad International Airport so that military flights could fly into Balad and commercial flights use Baghdad International Airport. Balad houses over 250 aircraft (Johnson, 2006).

And of course Israel would be so pleased to see Iran destroyed!

Bush was put in the White House with the strong backing of the Evangelicals. His ‘Devotion’ to religion has cost over one million lives and should Iran be attacked, millions more will die. In a democratic society, every individual who submits to apathy is equally guilty as the man who is in command. Gone are the days when Americans were loved and welcomed, separated from their government. They voted for a man who with the spilling of American lives, allowed the illegal invasion of a sovereign nation and caused the death of so many Iraqis, the total destruction of their country, and their treasures looted. The Supreme Court put Bush in the White House, and by voting for him in 2004, we kept him there. Lest we remove him, America will have no more tears to shed for undone deeds.

Soraya Sepahpour-Ulrich has lived and studied in Iran, the UK, France, and the US. She obtained her Bachelors Degree in International Relations from the University of Southern California, Los Angeles