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Underworld, An "Iran,USA,,Israel and al-Qaeda" story
In the entangled existential situation between Israel, Iran and the United States, each one, respectively, is the problem of the other.
For Israel: Iran? That’s your problem.
1- “America’s generous military package for Israel, Egypt and the Gulf states covers up the fact that the US has decided to abandon the struggle against Iran… Last Thursday, Israel signed the agreement to receive the American aid and and from now on, Iran is our problem.( see here)
2- Potter’s lesson for humanity Harry Potter books teach us a fundamental lesson about good and evil. “Evil is evil. Good is good… The older Winston Churchill, just like the younger Harry Potter, was able in the summer of 1940 to reject Hitler’s rapprochement attempts and did not back off from his firm stand against negotiations with “Satan from Berlin,” ….The Nazis too had values and beliefs. Al-Qaeda has them too. Who are we to decide between them? Who made us the judge?….Nobody did, except ourselves. There are no signs for us in the sky – and even if there are, they are weak, blurry, and open to contradictory interpretations. The powerful moral light does not shine outside, but rather, only on the inside; we fight al-Qaeda because we need to fight it. You can ask Harry Potter to tell you where and how.( see here)
For Iran:From the “Islamic Republic Agency”: the USA and Israel are the problem
1- President(Ahmadinejad): Enemies trying to replace divine faiths with misleading thoughts. “Our duty has gone beyond the geographic borders of the Islamic world. Muslim scholars must invite world population to monotheism and Islam,” said the president. (see more)
2- US ’sinking in whirlpool,’ says Iranian supreme leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei launches new attack on America and its followers, saying Tehran’s arch-enemy will ’sink deeper’ in future ….. “America and its followers are stuck in a whirlpool, and they sink deeper as time passes. A dangerous future is predicted for them,” he added. ……”In the eternal battle between right and wrong, the Great Satan will lose out,” added Khamenei. ( See more)
For the United States: Iran and (perhaps Israel) are the problem.
Terrorist Label for Iran Guard Reflects U.S. Impatience With U.N. WASHINGTON, Aug. 15 — In moving toward designating Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps as a foreign terrorist organization, the Bush administration is adopting a more confrontational approach with Tehran, reflecting frustration with a stalled sanctions package at the United Nations Security Council , officials said Wednesday. (see more)
What can I, a simple mortal, say? In his monumental book “Underworld” , the author Don Delillo, tells a forty years story, beginning in 1951 with a baseball game, following the story of the winning baseball, and so telling the story of the Cold War. Our actual 'baseball' is buried in our underworld and needs more than Don Delillo vision and Potter wizardry, to tell us our imminent fate. (Interview with Don Delillo)
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Most RecentMost Recommended Comments (3)
at 00:48 on August 21st, 2007
korzac, I like this story. It's good stuff.
Well I would not say that Israel is perhaps a problem for the US, it is
the main reason why the Mujahadeen are killing Americans. The US gov
betrayed these people after the USSR was ousted from Afghanistan. That
promise was that they could have a go at retaking Al-Quds. (Israel) Remember Iran Contra?
Another problem was the use of Israeli torture techniques in Gitmo.
Israeli torturers were sent to Nth Carolina and used to train
Americans in "How to torture Arabs" Nothing but Nothing else has
enraged the Mulim world more than this. The Iraqi's regard the Green
Zone as another Israel. If America is not careful then the Persian Gulf
will become the next "Perle Harbour."
at 22:13 on August 22nd, 2007
To SthPacific,
Thank you For the "Good stuff" flag.
As for your comment. I admit that the "underworld" you mention is at a much more hidden level of relations between the CIA the Mosad and what was the Iran-Contra affair (1983-88). And also, that to day, the same brand of relations exist between the same agencies as to what is going on in Gitmo. I am not naive about that and agree with you. On a more global level, oil as fuel for power, money as fuel for power, military power, religion as fuel for power, are the actual currency for buying survival, and perhaps ironicaly, for buying arguments of morality for that survival, and that applies to the USA to Iran, Irak, Israel, Hamas, al-Qaeda and others, when investing those "commodities" in all the nasty things you mention.
at 04:33 on August 23rd, 2007
Well we could go on for hours on what you raised but I will just add that the biggest problem I see at the moment isthe US has underwritten its economy with Oil, it used to be Gold, but now they are attempting to trade $ as a commodity. In most cases the pieces of paper dont even exist. They are just figures in books or on screens and I can say with abolute certainty, You cant trade $ like a commodity. They are nothing, they just represent a commodity exchange. This can only end in tears Im afraid.
Another thing that is troubling is that the Russians have by all accounts, kicked out these Oily underworlders, and so will likely dominate the worlds energy market. We shall see how this plays out as they are now putting pressure on Baku and Georgia. This could cause a major geopolitical shift, we can only hope it will work and that they will be a lot kinder to the worlds people. Hope springs eternal but I wont be holding my breath. :)