Marching to Persepolis

The U.S. government’s attack on Iran fails every rule of Christian “just war” theory. It trashes what little is left of the Constitution. And possibly worst of all, it is stupid.

Just war principles require action to be taken to protect the innocent or redress grave injury. They require that all peaceful alternatives are exhausted. The war initiated must have a reasonable chance of success. The rule of “proportionality” requires that the costs of action do not outweigh the intended benefit.

Churlishly, we attacked while negotiations were under way (like Japs at Pearl Harbor). We murdered the other country’s legitimate leaders, a gangsterism no honest government can justify. Iran offered no grave threat or injury to us. In fact, they sensibly avoided it. True, a half century ago, they violated our embassy in the midst of their revolution to overthrow the absurd “Shah” that we imposed on them. And they have a hostile-talking Islamic government. But they have accepted unjust sanctions and weapons inspections. They know it is not in their interest to provoke the U.S.

Incredibly, our Secretary of State said we had to go to war because our little client state was going to war whether we liked it or not. Such was the reason for sacrificing our blood and treasure. Our Founders would have considered this blatant TREASON against the American people.

The Israelis have been declaring for over 40 years that Iran will have nuclear weapons with a few weeks or so. This is a lie. The purpose of the lie is to make sure that Israel remains the only nuclear power in the region. President Kennedy was trying to prevent Israel getting nukes when he was killed.

Countries want nuclear weapons for defense, as a deterrent. They have not been used since 1945. It might be good if Iran had some, like a number of other countries. It would deter Israeli aggression and dominance.

And the U.S. undertook this attempt at regime change, apparently not having noticed that previous such attempts have been catastrophic failures. Our leaders learn nothing and are never held responsible for their mistakes. That is the opposite of government of, by, and for the people. Such leadership is a sign of decadent imperialism. New York thugs like Trump and pretty boys like Rubio cannot make statesmen. The top generals are not soldiers but have risen to the top as a— kissing and backstabbing bureaucrats.

Donald Trump promised to avoid such folly. But he has now joined George W. Bush as one of this century’s chief war criminals. How did that happen? We may never know.

We were told that once we murdered their leaders, the Iranians would rise up for democracy and peace. The media savants liked this because they see the Iranian dissidents as nice liberals like themselves. To them it seemed OK to bomb useless civilians for a higher good.

Are our political and military leaders too ignorant or too deluded by their power to notice facts that don’t fit their shallow view of the world? I doubt if any of our Congresspersons or generals actually know any relevant history. How many of them do you imagine can actually read an Iranian newspaper?

Iran is not Iraq. It is a big country of 90 million or so, with highly intelligent scientists, dedicated soldiers, and leaders who actually love and want to serve their people, unlike Western politicians. It is the heir of a once mighty Persian Empire. And, if Islamic extremists are a threat to us, why have our leaders been importing them in hundreds of thousands? For Diversity?


By following a sensible and moderate policy, Iran has managed to throw the American “cake walk” into a quagmire.

We are apparently expending our high ordinance at a serious rate. It cannot be replaced quickly because our “leaders” have shipped the factories overseas. It is reported that our billion dollar air craft carriers can’t get too close because they can easily be wiped out by enemy missiles. And the U.S.S. Gerald Ford had to be recalled because of sewage problems. Ironically appropriate for a warship named for the shallow man who was never elected and became President only by accident.

Sadly, Trump has destroyed all hope for the domestic reform that he promised. The Democrats will regain power and continue us into the Obama-Biden decadence that will finish of the dream of a free and honourable America.