Friday 14 February 2020
Wag the Dog! Reflections on the meaning of recent events on Iran, from middle east correspondent Ahmad Naeni.
Toronto - January 2020 The recent assassination of Qassem Suleimani must first of all be understood as for the benefit of the Islamic Republic, in order to suppress as many Iranian people as possible, as well as for Trump's victory in the upcoming US presidential election.
In comparing and contrasting the differences of the eight-year Iran-Iraq war, the strategic position of the Middle East and its global significance in that period, one should not forget the similarities of that time with the current situation. The criminal regime of the Islamic Republic took advantage of the war in the 1980s to end its brutal crackdown on the opposition. Now, national mourning has been announced and a street show held for the "martyrdom of “military commander" It is, in fact, suppressing and negating the struggles of the workers and toilers, the poor, the women and the masses of the oppressed, and not in reality to revenge the so called the "criminal America."
On the other hand, the purpose of the assassination of the “military commander” is, in fact, not to remove a "terrorist" or a transgressor of human rights. Firstly, the U.S. is opposed to the establishment of democracy in any country in the Middle East and won't let democracy build in any country there. In reality American Imperialism's intention is to deviate the Iranian people's recent uprising. In general, both the U.S. and the Iranian regime oppose the establishment of any democratic country in middle east. Secondly, they seek to deflect public opinion from the impeachment process, and to incite Trump's nationalist sentiment so as to win the next presidential election. Thirdly they want to advance the strategic policies of the Israeli criminal and apartheid regime in the Middle East. Trump and the Ayatollah are both deceiving their own people. Both are also attempting to prevent democracy shaping up and taking root in the region.
The opposition can be happy, sad, or indifferent towards this. But being happy and
accompanying the criminals' imperialism or being sad and defending the so-called
Islamic Republic's fake struggles against imperialism both deviate from the Iranian
people's struggles and the people oppressed worldwide. As we condemn the Islamic
Republic's criminal regime, American crimes must be equally condemned around the world.
One cannot become an ally of the criminals who used to manufacture and use chemical
weapons to support countries such as Israel that use chemical weapons and phosphorus
bombs. In addition, one also cannot unite with other killers against other criminal regimes
such as Assad and the Islamic Republic.
People who value freedom cannot be associated with the happiness of the imperialist or the
sadness of so-called "anti-imperialist" assassins of the Islamic regime.The people who value
freedom do not participate in the happiness of fascists and international looters, nor in the
domestic fascists and looters! These joys and sorrows have nothing to do with the dignity of
humanity and have oppressed people anywhere in the world particularly in the Middle East.
Happiness and sadness of honorable human beings must be different from those of aggressors
and looters.
As guilty as the US, Britain and France are, so is Russia.As cruel as the Iranian and Syrian
regimes are, so are Israeli, Saudi and Turkish regimes.Trump, Putin, Netanyahu, Assad, Erdogan
and Khamenei are criminals. People who value freedom and equality do not get along with criminals
of any kind or form.
# posted by Taodhg @ 11:57 am 
