@@ Iran would be better off ignoring the ineffectual maneuverings of the feckless UN; and preparing itself for the struggle ahead @@
Arash
February 21, 2006
Iran was not referred to the Security Council for Noncompliance
By Mike Whitney
fergiewhitney[AT]msn.com
How powerful is the mainstream media?
Is it powerful enough to convince the public that Iran was “referred” to the UN
Security Council (UNSC) for violations to the NPT when, in fact, it wasn’t?
The IAEA did not report on Iran’s “noncompliance” to the Security Council; because
there is no evidence that Iran has done anything wrong. As American nuclear physicist
Dr. James Gordon Prather points out in his recent article, “March Madness”
(http://www.antiwar.com/prather), “THE BOARD DIDN’T REPORT ANYTHING”.
Nothing?
Then why do the media keep insisting that Iran has been called before the UN Security
Council for noncompliance?
Could it be that the media is simply executing an agenda that is deliberately
designed to deceive?
There was no “referral” and there will be no “punitive action” because there are no
treaty violations. As Dr. Prather states, “the IAEA Board ‘REQUESTED’ that
Director-General Mohamed ElBaradei report to the Security Council”…”calling on Iran
to-among other things-implement ‘transparency measures’”.
These “transparency measures” have nothing to do with Iran’s obligations under the
NPT. They are additional demands made at the behest of the Bush administration to
force Iran to provide access to “individuals, documentation relating to procurement,
dual-use equipment, certain military owned workshops, and research and development as
the Agency may request in support of its ongoing investigations”.
What does this mean?
It means that the Bush administration, which has already demonstrated its hostile
intentions towards Iran, will be able to operate secretly behind its surrogates in
the IAEA to locate all of Iran’s conventional weapons sites, radar facilities, and
military installations so they can easily destroy Iran’s defensive capability when
the inevitable attack is launched.
Isn’t this the same trap that Saddam fell into?
The IAEA should be condemning the Bush administration's belligerence rather than
facilitating another war.
The IAEA members are well-aware of the propaganda that is currently circulating in
the wire-services and newspapers. Why are they playing along?
Do they really believe that war can be averted by capitulation to the superpower?
Iran has not violated the NPT, does not have a nuclear weapons program, and poses no
threat to its neighbors or the United States.
Nevertheless, the spurious accusations in the media have precipitated a dramatic
shift in public opinion. For more than a decade only 6% of the American people
considered Iran the “greatest danger” to the United States. Now (according to a
recent Pew Poll) that number has jumped to 27%.
Also, the survey showed that “nearly half (47%) said they favored military action,
preferably along with European allies, to halt Iran’s nuclear program”. (Jim Lobe,
“Polls: anti-Iran Propaganda Working” http://tinyurl.com/dwg2o)
“Military action”? Even while the U.S. is bogged down in an “unwinnable” war in Iraq?
Can anyone seriously doubt the shocking power of propaganda after seeing these
polling results?
The public should not be worried about Iran, rather, it should be concerned about the
implications of allowing one nation to arbitrarily repeal internationally-accepted
treaties and dictate how the world will be run.
Iran has an “INALIENABLE RIGHT” to enrich uranium for peaceful purposes under the
terms of its treaty agreement (http://tinyurl.com/87t7x). It should reject the
efforts to overturn its legally-binding contract just to appease Washington.
Iran is not a pariah or a rogue-nation. It should fight to be treated equally and
with justice.
The United States has steadfastly refused to provide Iran with any
security-guarantees that it will not attack if it chooses to do so. In fact, Iran was
originally duped into negotiating with the EU-3 (Germany, France, England) because it
believed that the talks might produce a non-aggression pact between themselves and
the United States. The Bush administration, however, does not believe in treaties and
will not “lower itself” to sign agreements with those it feels are its inferiors.
There is nothing Iran can do to forestall the approaching war. The Washington
warlords believe they are entitled to the vast oil wealth of the Caspian Basin and
the Persian Gulf and will not be deterred by the facts.
Iran would be better off ignoring the ineffectual maneuverings of the feckless United
Nations, and preparing itself for the struggle ahead.
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