Talk is Cheap!

Iran and the P5+1 group are currently in the 11th hour of hammering out a permanent agreement that will govern Iran's nuclear program and the lifting of sanctions.
 
The technical obstacles have been overcome, and the main stumbling block to inking a final, permanent agreement is the refusal of the US to commit to the removal of sanctions against Iran.


It seems that the US wants Iran to be under strict international obligation to limit its nuclear work, but at the same time get only limited sanctions relief. The US wants the UN sanctions at least to stay in-force even if an agreement is signed.


This is hypocritical and unfair. The reason why the US wants the UN sanctions to stay is because it obligates all nations to abide by the sanctions, thus isolating Iran globally. It's easier for Iran to go around US or EU-only sanctions than UN ones. 

Second, if these UN sanctions are lifted, the US knows that if it tries to pass more in the future it will never happen because Russia, and most likely China as well, will veto any anti-Iranian sanction resolutions from now on.
 
It's indeed strange that the US insists on some sanctions to stay even if an agreement is signed. This shows that there's more going on behind the scenes, and that this whole Iranian nuclear crisis is not just about Iran's nuclear program. It's also about other things.


Undoubtedly the US and the EU are using the cover of these nuclear negotiations to cajole and twist Iran's arm to be more compliant with US/EU foreign and economic policies. Should Iran relent, the west will certainly use Iran's increased access to the west, and vice-versa, as a springboard and tool to fund, form, and create 'pro-democracy' groups and other corrupt troublemakers to enact regime change inside Iran. This technique was used in Libya, with terrible results.


So those who think that these nuclear negotiations were/are just about Iran's nuclear program are naïve and foolish. There's a lot more to it than that.


Frankly, if I was an Iranian diplomat or politician, I'd be more weary and suspicious if the US DOES sign an agreement. Any entry given to the US by any country, especially a country with which the US was at odds in the past, must be strictly guarded and watched.


Judging by the back-pedaling, and refusal of, the US to commit to the total lifting of all sanctions in return for Iran's cooperation, I suspect that the US regime has changed its mind and doesn't want an agreement.

Why?

It's all about shallow politics at this point. The US currently has a democratic administration which has by now outdone the Bush regime in lies, scandal, and war-crimes. The democrats just lost control of the house and senate. The democratic party will desperately seek to restore those majorities in future elections, and that's where wealthy and influential pro-Israeli Jews come in. In order to get their money and votes, the democrats will have to do what these pro-Israeli Jews want, and the number#1 item on their list undoubtedly is NO AGREEMENT WITH IRAN. 


If this happens, Obummer and Hairy Kerry will just falsely blame the failure on Iran's "intransigence" and "duplicity" and most likely put some blame on the Russians as well.
 
I'd like to be optimistic about the outcome of this agreement, but judging by the vile and criminal US behavior in the world just in the last 3+ years, I just don't see anything good coming out of all this talking.
 
All I have to say is: Iran, be ready with a powerful deterrent.

Mid-Term Misery

The US has just finished another mid-term election, with Republicans gaining a majority in both houses of Congress. Now we can all be happy because everything will change for the better. Poverty will be eliminated, unemployment rate will plummet to .002%, wages will go up like 500%, and God will once again restore the US of A to its rightful place on top of the world as his shining beacon of hope and democratic holiness. 

And if grandma had a penis, she’d be a grandpa!

This election was just like the other mid-term and presidential elections: a farcical popularity contest of wealthy jerk-offs so rotted out through and through by private corporate money and corruption that I’M embarrassed for all those people who voted for these liars, on either side!

There is no democracy in the US anymore, only the perception of democracy. The wealthy, unelected elites and corporations RULE the US, and control the agenda. The recently-elected officials are their stable herd, sent out to pasture to do their bidding, and of course, to crap all over everything below and around them.

With only 37% of eligible voters turning out for the 2014 mid-term election, it’s easy to see how hopeless and despondent the American public has become. This is a truly sad indictment of what is supposed to be the most democratic country on earth.

But who can blame them? Because the truth is, there can’t be any change for the better within the current system. Regardless of all the patriotic propaganda beamed down from Washington DC and their mainstream media allies, the US system of governance, including its sacred bill of rights, is pretty much dead. It has not stood the test of time. It has been warped, twisted, and corrupted by arrogant and venal liars and freaks to serve the agenda of the wealthy and powerful.

There will not be any meaningful and lasting change for the better in the US without some type of unrest. But the longer people wait, the worse it will be. Non-violent civil disobedience is the first step.

The foundations upon which the US rests are damaged. The system has to be thoroughly reformed from the dirt up. The present dysfunctional political system has outlived its usefulness and no longer meets the needs, hopes, and expectations of most Americans. The present broken state of the country is a testimony to this fact.

Obama and the other bought-and-paid-for corporate-selected vermin can blather all they want about delusional notions of ‘American exceptionalism,’ freedom, and other kitschy pseudo-historical clap-trap, but that won’t change the truth that things are getting worse.

I EXIST in the US. I don’t look upon myself as LIVING in the US, because to live is to be happy, content, and confident of the future because the conditions in the country in which I live are conducive to such an outlook. Currently, these conditions barely exist. In fact, they slip away with each passing day. 

History has shown time and again that there's a limit to how far the powers-that-be can squeeze their people. There is a limit, and when it's reached, the results won't be pretty. The US is not immune to this. 

So the congress critters better change their ways or someone will change it for them, whether they like it or not. When that day comes, the FBI, CIA, NSA, the military and police forces won't be able to save them.

For now, this is just a word of caution.