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Western powers have achieved dominance over other countries through IBA (Invasion by Army). But before doing so, as democracies they must today build public opinion, gain approval from their elected representatives, budget for war, create alliances, and persuade the United Nations to at least approve, if not support, their plans. The alternative method is IBT, Invasion by Terror. It does not need any of the above and no body bags coming home.
The news of an alleged assassination attempt on the Saudi ambassador to the United States, Adel Al-Jubeir, in October read like a first-class movie script, but the manner in which government political elites dealt with the incident signaled that Washington and other European capitals did not see the matter as a joke.
Dr. Saeid Ameli, dean of the faculty of global studies at Tehran University and the keynote speaker at the Ottawa conference called for the media to stop its general negative representation of his country.
As the threats of war against Iran have been escalating in the last few weeks, Zafar Bangash, Director of the Institute of Contemporary Islamic Thought, said the majority of Canadians don't want war, so we have to resist this madness that is being pushed down our throats.
I must admit that even a seasoned observer of Iran like me has started to wonder if there might be some truth to allegations of widespread anger against the Islamic system following last June's presidential elections.
President Obama declared, "Iran is breaking rules that all nations must follow." That’s not a true statement. It’s missing five words. The truth required him to say all nations “with the exception of Israel."
First and foremost, it was not so much a foreign policy disaster as a flat-out war crime for which Blair as chief perpetrator must be tried. And so must his Cabinet, who carry collective responsibility.
"Most people don't understand what they have been part of here," said Command Sgt. Major Ron Kelley as he and other American troops prepared to leave Iraq in mid-December. "We have done a great thing as a nation. We freed a people and gave their country back to them."
The current Muslim terrorist crimes in Iraq, Syria, Libya and Egypt have this in common: they are supported politically, militarily and financially by the U.S. and its regional clients, directly by Qatar and Turkey and indirectly by Israel.
Irving Waller's Less Law More Order (Ancaster, Ontario: Manor House Publishing, 2008) and Rights for Victims of Crime (Toronto, Rowman & Littlefield Publishers, 2011).
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