Deception
By Soraya
Sepahpour-Ulrich
“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
02/07/08
"ICH"
-- - 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
