War on Iran: Unleashing Armageddon in the Middle East
Pastor Dale Morgan
War on Iran: Unleashing Armageddon in the Middle East*
19.11.2006
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The American “power elite” had drawn a “Grand Plan” to control and to
monopolize global oil and nuclear energy resources to assure American
global hegemony. The collapse of the Soviet Union had created a power
vacuum the American administration is trying to fill up.
The attacks of 911 were necessary requirement for the Bush
administration to wage a “global war against terror” that would serve as
a cover up for American hegemonic actions. President Bush had borrowed
Mussolini’s fascist motto of “If you are not with me, you are against
me”, and turned it into “You are either with us or with the terrorist”
to terrorize weaker nations into accepting American expansions.
The part of the “Grand Plan” that deals with the Middle East and South
East Asia was handed down to Bush/Cheney administration for execution.
The invasions and destructions of Afghanistan and Iraq are just the
beginning. Iran, Syria and Lebanon are next.
Controlling Iran is very important for the American administration. Iran
sits on a lake of oil and has large deposits of uranium, that when mined
and refined could make Iran a super global power. Controlling Iran leads
to the containment of China (America’s greatest competitor), who depends
heavily on Iranian oil to satisfy its growing hunger for energy.
Geographically Iran makes the shortest and the most economical route for
Kazakhstan’s oil pipeline from the Caspian Sea north to the Persian Gulf
south with all the oil-tankers traffic. Iran also fits perfectly within
the line of American hegemony in South East Asia starting from
Afghanistan east extending to Iraq west. Listening to Bush’s speeches
–especially his speech to the UN last September 2006- one can detect his
“enthusiasm” for “spreading democracy and freedom” in the “despotic
Middle East” with Iraq as an example.
Bush/Cheney administration started its overt aggression against Iran
immediately after 911. Iran was labeled as one of the “axis of evil”
sponsoring terrorist groups – Hezbollah and Hamas. It is accused of
meddling into Iraq and instigating civil war by supporting Shiites
against Sunnis, and of opening its borders for terrorists to enter Iraq.
Iran is also accused of building a nuclear bomb to wipe Israel off the
map. Condoleezza Rice, the Secretary of State, described Iran as
“central bank for world terrorism” threatening the stability in the region.
The American media joined the administration into demonizing Iranian
leaders describing them as extremist fundamental theocracy seeking to
revive the glory of ancient Persian Empire by establishing a nuclear
Islamic “Caliphate”. Ahmadinejad is portrayed as an irrational, violent,
mad Hitler-like anti-Semite, who hates Jews, denies the Holocaust and
wants to wipe Israel off the map.
The American administration refused to consider all Iranian attempts for
dialogue and cooperation. According to Washington Post June 18th 2006
Richard Hass, head of policy planning at the State Department in 2003,
stated that at the wake of American invasion of Iraq Iranian leaders
offered the Americans a proposal for a broad dialogue that included full
cooperation on war against terror, nuclear program, accepting Israel and
halting support to Hamas. The administration already had plans for
regime change in Iran that started immediately after the invasion of
Iraq. Spy stations were erected at the Iraqi/Iranian borders. Congress
had authorized the expenditure of $75 million to support Iranian
opposition. Scott Ritter, former UN weapons inspector, reported in June
2005 and in his book “Target Iran” that the US has been using terrorist
organizations (Mujahedeen el-Khalq) under the supervision of the CIA to
conduct covert terrorist operation in Iran. This terrorist group is
operating out of Camp Habib in Basra and launches their terrorist raids
against the southern region of Iran.
Israel , on the other hand, refuses to “live under the threat” of
nuclear Iran. Israeli politicians point to Ahmadinejad’s alleged threat
to wipe Israel off the map as a threat to their own existence, and a
possible justification for a pre-emptive strike as a measure of
self-defense. They continually threaten to strike Iran’s nuclear
facilities the same way they did to Iraq’s nuclear reactors. Israel had
sent its military operatives into the Kurdish region north of Iraq to
establish training camps for the Kurds. The Kurds want to establish
their independent Kurdistan extending from north Iran to east Turkey.
Encouraged, financed, and armed by Israel the Kurds send their militants
to conduct military operations into northern Iran.
The US is adamant on invading Iran. Invasion plan was originally to take
place last April 2006, and consisted of 5 days of continuous aerial
bombardment by joint air planes of Israel, UK, and US that might include
tactical nuclear bunker buster bombs. Land invasion was to follow from
west (Iraq), from east (Afghanistan), and from sea (Persian Gulf and
Gulf of Oman).
To stop this invasion Iran flexed its military muscles in war games
conducted last April demonstrating its effective capability of waging
war on land, sea, and air with sophisticated weapons. Iran also
conducted other war games last August in coordination with China and
Russia. The Americans discovered that they had underestimated Iran’s
military power, and decided to adjust its war plans by bringing in more
allies such as EU and some Arab states.
Contrary to the American propaganda Iranian leaders are pragmatic
politicians, who seek peace, stability and nuclear-free Middle East.
After their negotiation proposal to the US was rejected they needed to
protect their interests in the region and to counter balance the threat
of warring Israel, UK, and US by supporting Hamas, Hezbollah and Iraqi
Shiites. For many generations Iran has not been involved in any colonial
war. Iran was defending itself during the eight years Iraq/Iran war that
was instigated by the US. Iranians are aware that if they were to hit
Israel with one nuclear bomb Israel would shower them with their 200 or
more of their nuclear bombs.
Ahmadinejad is not the mad man intent on wiping Israel off the map as
Israelis keep alleging. Juan Cole, a Middle East specialist at the
University of Michigan, stated in New York Times of June 11th that
“Ahmadinejad did not say he was going to wipe Israel off the map,
because no such idiom exists in Persian. He did say he hoped its regime
i.e. a Jewish-Zionist state occupying Jerusalem, would collapse”.
Ahmadinejad is not a Jew hater; he pointed to the largest Jewish
community out of Israel, who lives peacefully in Iran. They are
recognized as a religious minority and are represented by a Jewish MP,
Maurice Mohtamed, in the Iranian parliament. Iranians make a distinction
between Jews and Zionists.
To avoid the seemingly inevitable war Iran had followed the diplomatic
path with no avail. It opened its nuclear facilities to the strictest
and most detailed inspections by IAEA. Iran proposed to stop its nuclear
program if the US halts its threats and gives guarantees not to attack
Iran. Ahmadinejad had called for peaceful negotiations and a
nuclear-free Middle East in his speech to the UN last September, but his
speech was boycotted by American politician and American media. Lately
Iran proposed to have an international consortium to supervise uranium
enrichment in Iran to guarantee that its program is really for peaceful
purposes only.
Iran had also turned to the international community – mainly
anti-American countries- for political support through economical trade
and common political interests. In 2004 Iran sold China Petrochemical
Corp. 51% stake in its Yadavaran oil field near the border of Iraq. Iran
also became Russia’s most important weapons customer. Iran had also
gained the political support of at least 118 countries during the summit
of the Nonaligned Movement in Cuba in mid last September.
The US recognizes that attacking Iran will disrupt oil flow to the west.
Iranian would close the Strait of Hermuz and could hit the
Baku-Tblisi-Ceyhan oil pipeline carrying oil to Europe. Venezuela’s
president Hugo Chavez, an Iranian ally, had threatened to stop oil
shipments to the US if Iran and Syria were attacked. China might also
enter the conflict to protect its oil assets. The American
administration decided to postpone its attack until it creates a “war
oil reserve”, forms a large alliance of “willing countries”, and sends a
big military armada to the region to guarantee a quick victory (a
blitzkrieg).
The influence of the American administration on the UN and NATO can be
seen clearly by the types of resolutions the UN adopts, and by the NATO
troops becoming an American proxy occupier of Afghanistan. The US and
NATO countries had lately amassed the largest military armada in the
Middle East. The American armada consists of Carrier Strike Group 12 led
by nuclear powered aircraft carrier USS Enterprise, Eisenhower Strike
Group – another nuclear powered aircraft carrier with companion vessels
and submarines, Expeditionary Strike Group 5 led by aircraft carrier USS
Boxer, the Iowa Jima Expeditionary Strike Group, and the US Coast Guard.
Canada has sent its HMCS Ottawa frigate to join the American armada.
Under the guise of UN resolution 1701 NATO countries had sent 15
thousand armed UNIFEL troops into southern Lebanon to protect Israel.
They also sent their naval armada to the eastern shores of the
Mediterranean allegedly to stop arm shipments to Hezbollah. Germany,
Italy, Spain, Denmark, Greek, Netherlands, France, Belgium and Bulgaria
have sent their military ships to the region.
This is the largest amass ever of military power in the region, and it
has gathered there for a reason. With the American “Leading Edge” war
game in the Gulf followed by the Iranian “Great Prophet” war games the
powder keg became ready and all it needs is a match to ignite it. This
could come in the form of an “arranged” terrorist act in Lebanon e.g.
another political assassination or toppling of the government to be
blamed against Syria and Iran. American warnings of such an act are
already in the media.
The present American administration is an extremist theocratic
apocalyptic neoconservative Christian-Zionist war mongering law-breaking
power hungry administration with a bragging “war president” adopting the
doctrines of pre-emptive strike and perpetual war against global terror.
This war will take place far away from the American home-land, and will
generate large profits for the American military corporations. The war
against Iran would engulf the whole Middle East and might overflow to
its neighboring countries. Controlling Iran is a very important
strategic move to assure American global hegemony. According to military
experts this war is scheduled to take place during March/April 2007 period.
Dr. Elias Akleh
USA