Twice bitten, thrice shy. After Iraq and Afghanistan, there are many senior political figures in the United States itself who will not allow the folly of an unprovoked war with Iran. PM Abe of Japan deserves praise for giving diplomacy a chance. The whole world should be buying Iranian oil to express solidarity with its brave people.
This. This article ignores the fact that the ultimate aggressor in this situation is the US, not Iran. The US unilaterally broke an agreement that it had signed and then has imposed crippling sanctions that are causing far more harm to far more people than the attacks on the ships. The “mullahs” who are supposedly “driven by implacable religious beliefs” functioned in accordance with their international commitments. It is the United States that has an “implacable” desire to control the entire region, and until that is addressed by the rest of the world, this conflict will continue.
Twice bitten, thrice shy. After Iraq and Afghanistan, there are many senior political figures in the United States itself who will not allow the folly of an unprovoked war with Iran. PM Abe of Japan deserves praise for giving diplomacy a chance. The whole world should be buying Iranian oil to express solidarity with its brave people.
This. This article ignores the fact that the ultimate aggressor in this situation is the US, not Iran. The US unilaterally broke an agreement that it had signed and then has imposed crippling sanctions that are causing far more harm to far more people than the attacks on the ships. The “mullahs” who are supposedly “driven by implacable religious beliefs” functioned in accordance with their international commitments. It is the United States that has an “implacable” desire to control the entire region, and until that is addressed by the rest of the world, this conflict will continue.