“Considering the years of propaganda
surrounding Iran and its nuclear program, it
was clear to any informed observer that the
recent US-Iran nuclear deal was nothing
more than theatre. Such is the conclusion
reached by US writer Brandon Turbeville in
his analysis published in “The Activist Post”
website.
The US/NATO imperialist machine has
made its desire to wage war on the Persian
nation explicit for some time. The only
question is just how long this theatre will
last before that goal is finally realized.
Turbeville says that “while the Western
press and corporate media outlets have
taken to presenting the deal as either a tragic
capitulation to the deadly warmongering
Iranians or a brilliant lunge for Western
peace, the premise of their presentations are
exactly the same –that Iran is dangerous,
wants war, and is doing whatever it can to
acquire a nuclear weapon.”
Turbeville wrote that US and Israeli
intelligence have both determined that
Iran does not have a nuclear weapon nor
is it attempting to acquire one, nor is it
carrying out aggressive preparations in the
region. Iran’s military capabilities are largely
defensive, not offensive. The agreement
signed with the West was an extraordinary
act of conciliation and cooperation. Iran
bent over backwards to appease the West in
its imperialists aims.
“I have argued from the very beginning
of the US-Iran nuclear talks that the
diplomacy taking place was nothing more
than theatre to be used later in the rush to
war as evidence that the US did “everything
in its power” to avoid confrontation.
While the future is impossible to predict,
one might reasonably believe that the US
will soon sabotage the nuclear deal,” says
Turbeville.
There is the distinct likelihood that the
US will soon attempt to implement some
egregious demands and conditions that
the Iranians will be unable to accept, thus
ending the nuclear talks. Or the US will
claim that the Iranians are in violation of
some minuscule and vague rule, causing
them to be in violation of the deal and
subsequently causing the deal to fall apart.
Any violation or disruption of the nuclear
deal will then be used by the US, NATO,
and Israel to justify military action against
Iran.
Turbeville warns that symptoms of this
can already be seen at NATO quarters
through the declarations of French Foreign
Minister, Laurent Fabius, who said, “France
will not accept a deal if it is not clear that
inspections can be done at all Iranian
installations, including military sites.”
The Western or Western/Israeli plan
against Iran, along with the theatre of
alleged Washington-Tel Aviv tensions has
been used before.
In 2009, the Brookings Institution, an
academic center that caters to major
banking, corporate, and military-industrial
firms, released a report entitled “Which
Path to Persia? Options for a New
American Strategy for Iran”, in which the
authors mapped out a plan which leaves no
doubt as to the ultimate desire from the US
financial, corporate, and governing classes.
The plan described a number of ways the
Western oligarchy would be able to destroy
Iran, including a number of methods
that might possibly be implemented
before direct military invasion and open
occupation. The plan included attempting
to foment destabilization inside Iran via the
color revolution apparatus, violent unrest,
proxy terrorism, and “limited
airstrikes” conducted by the US,
Israel or both.
Interestingly enough, the report
states that any action taken
against Iran must be done after
the idea that Iran has rejected
a fair and generous offer by the
West has been disseminated
throughout the general public.
The report read: “...any military
operation against Iran will likely
be very unpopular around the
world and so will require the
proper international context. The best way
to minimize international opprobrium and
maximize support is to strike only when
there is a widespread conviction that the
Iranians were given but then rejected a
superb offer. Under those circumstances,
the United States (or Israel) could
portray its military operations as taken in
sorrow, not anger, and at least some in the
international community would conclude
that the Iranians “brought it on themselves”
by refusing a very good deal.”
The tentative agreement between the US
and Iran regarding the latter’s nuclear
program, with Israel wailing in the
background, can easily be seen as a playout
of the plan described by the Brookings
Institution.
The Israelis are not dissatisfied with the
United States nor is the United States
dissatisfied with Israel. Both parties are
merely playing a role in a carefully scripted
drama that ultimately involves more war
against the enemies of Anglo-American
imperialism and the world oligarchy.
“While the Iranians are busy negotiating,
the Americans and the Israelis are busy
gearing up for war,” concludes Brandon
Turbeville.
*Manuel E. Yepe, is a lawyer, economist
and journalist. He is a professor at the
Higher Institute of International Relations
in Havana. He was Cuba’s ambassador to
Romania, general director of the Prensa
Latina agency; vice president of the Cuban
Institute of Radio and Television; founder
and national director of the Technological
Information System (TIPS) of the United
Nations Program for Development in Cuba,
and secretary of the Cuban Movement for the
Peace and Sovereignty of the Peoples.
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