By Kaveh L Afrasiabi
Asia Times
"......Adding to the Iranian distrust is an escalation in Iran-bashing, such as by some US lawmakers. They are targeting Iran's dependence on imported petroleum, which, if subjected to sanctions by the Obama administration, would amount to a declaration of economic warfare against Iran, to paraphrase the Tehran professor. He wonders whether Obama has been eclipsed by an avalanche of "Iranphobic pressures, or whether he can still demonstrate that there is a real change in US foreign policy?"
The latest initiatives in the US Congress have a similar air to the period before the invasion of Iraq in 2003, when whipped-up fears of Iraq's (non-existent) weapons of mass destruction prevailed over reason and fueled a disastrous war.
Undoubtedly, the joint US-Israel missile test conducted this week is meant as a warning shot to Iran, to take the threat of a military strike seriously. "Obama must prepare for a new Middle East war," the headline of a Washington Times editorial read on Thursday. This as if Obama is like a global godfather who can make an offer that others can't refuse without risking their survival......."
Asia Times
"......Adding to the Iranian distrust is an escalation in Iran-bashing, such as by some US lawmakers. They are targeting Iran's dependence on imported petroleum, which, if subjected to sanctions by the Obama administration, would amount to a declaration of economic warfare against Iran, to paraphrase the Tehran professor. He wonders whether Obama has been eclipsed by an avalanche of "Iranphobic pressures, or whether he can still demonstrate that there is a real change in US foreign policy?"
The latest initiatives in the US Congress have a similar air to the period before the invasion of Iraq in 2003, when whipped-up fears of Iraq's (non-existent) weapons of mass destruction prevailed over reason and fueled a disastrous war.
Undoubtedly, the joint US-Israel missile test conducted this week is meant as a warning shot to Iran, to take the threat of a military strike seriously. "Obama must prepare for a new Middle East war," the headline of a Washington Times editorial read on Thursday. This as if Obama is like a global godfather who can make an offer that others can't refuse without risking their survival......."
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