The US, due to its own failures and ineptness, has been piling on sanctions on Iran in order to pressure it to give in to US demands.
The EU, which has been playing the 'good cop' to the US 'bad cop,' has also violated the terms of the JCPOA by relenting to US sanctions on Iran.
The EU has been trying to cajole Iran into staying in the agreement, without any benefit to Iran, by dangling promises such as the setting up of a trading mechainsm between Iran and the EU that would bypass US sanctions and enable EU companies to do business with Iran. But this mechanism itself would be subject to US approval, control, and would be sanctioned itself.
So the EU, lacking the courage to provide sanctions relief for Iran, has decided to join in with the US by falsely blaming Iran for the Aramco refinery bombings.
All EU officials know that Iran did not do this. But by falsely blaming Iran, and taking the wrong side of the lying US regime, the EU is trying to turn reality upside-down by making it look like it is Iran that has been the bad actor, and get itself off the hook for the failures and violations of its own obligations under the JCPOA.
There is no longer any point of Iran appealing to the EU, which has unfairly decided to join the US sanctions regime against Iran. It is doubtful that the EU will do the right thing here.
So, what next?
The US and the EU must be forced to do the right thing,and rejoin the JCPOA under current terms and honor their commitments.
How to do this?
Like this: Russia and China should sign a defense pact with Iran, admit it to the SCO, invest in Iran's economy, institute technology-sharing, and sell Iran arms.
In return for this, Iran remains in the JCPOA and complies with all its terms, and suspends all work and research on missile technology.
That way, Iran would be assured full security, the US and EU could not touch it, or use the excuse that Iran is no longer following the JCPOA and is therefore 'building nuclear weapons and delivery systems.' Such a move by Russia and China would cut off the US and EU's legs from under them.
But since there is also the risk of reciprocation by a recalcitrant US regime against Russia-for example in Ukraine or Georgia-Russia and China should make all the terms of the defense agreement temporary in nature until the US regime and the EU rejoin the JCPOA, annull all sanctions, and come to an agreement with Iran's government, as it is.
Although the US could try the same strategy against Russia and China, bear in mind that Russia and China are not aggressive, expansionist powers and do not seek to violently impose their will on others through regime changes and such. So the US enacting the same strategy would not affect either country in any serious way. It would, at worse, lead to a stalemate and actually prevent further wars and unrest. And Russia also has the option of expanding its defense agreement and protection to, for example, Donbass.
China currently has such an agreement with North Korea since the 1960s, and the US is treading very carefully.
And to speed things up, Russia and China can give the US 24 months to come around, or else Iran will be put under the Russian nuclear umbrella. If the US is still defiant, then Russia and China should give the US 12 more months. And if the US still refuses to act in a civilized and responsible manner, then Russia and China should make the entire agreement permanent.
If the US gives in (and it will have to), Russia and China should serve as guarantors of the agreement, and the moment the US or EU violate its terms in any way, the defense agreement will come into full force. With such a sword hanging over the US regime and the feckless, cowardly, and pathetic EU establishment, sanctions and regime change fantasies against Iran would be ended, permanently.
When the US realizes the game is up, it will have to behave itself.
It is time for Russia and China to step up, and put their feet down. Enough is enough. The US is scared of both countries and will not confront them, or any nation they are partnered with militarily. Look at Syria. US got cut down to size there because of Russia's military involvement. This is effective, and will definitely work in regards to Iran.
What do Russia and China have to lose? The US is already sanctioning them for doing business with Iran and for other things, so they might as well get something for it. Such a defense agreement with Iran would work. The US would most likely relent, and the EU would quickly follow.
A Russian/Chinese/Iranian defense agreement is the best option for them, and other nations. It would take any wars against Iran permanently off-the-table, and it would also benefit the US, as well.
Such a
scenario isn't some pie-in-the-sky vision. Russia and China have already
pledged help to Tehran, and a formal defense pact would just be a
formality.
The alternative is more anti-Iranian taunting, provocations, threats and false flags that will cause more problems in the future for everyone. It is best to nip this US-led kookery in the bud, ASAP, in a resolute and effective way.
Saturday, September 28, 2019
Tuesday, September 17, 2019
Ka-Boom & Bust
The recent bombings by Yemeni drones of two major Saudi Arabian Aramco oil refineries has caused consternation and anger within the Saudi and US regimes.
The US wasted no time falsely putting the blame for the bombings on Iran. US regime’s spokes-vermin, in their typical reptilian logic claim that there is no way that a beleaguered and small militant group as the Houthis could have the ability to carry out such a devastating precision bombing.
But these US regime reptiles seem to be ignoring the fact that the Houthis have been using drones to target the Saudis, their allies, bases and infrastructure for years.
The Yemeni Houthi movement has clearly claimed responsibility for this. Why would they do so, if they did not do it and open themselves up to possible retaliation?
The US is falsely pinning the blame for these refinery bombings on Iran because it is too cowardly to admit that its forces and weaponry have failed to protect its Saudi client-state cash-cow from a militant movement in a war-ravaged country.
But these false accusations will not find a willing audience, except for a few miserable pee-ons in the region and in Europe. No one else believes this US hyped-up tripe anymore.
These refinery bombings were a huge blow to US prestige. The US regime, military, and weapons makers were all greatly embarrassed.
The inability of US military planners and US-made weaponry to counter the Houthi drones is also a sobering wake-up call to all those countries with which the US has any sort of ‘defense’ agreements and partnerships with.
These attacks made the US look unreliable and inept. This realization has not been lost on the US regime’s faithful vassals, especially the ones in Europe that see the US as the lynch pin of NATO and who count on the US for their ‘protection.’
If a small group of Yemeni militants were able to cut through US ‘defenses’ and score a devastating win, then what is a country like Iran, Russia or China capable of? And will the US be able to defend anyone from such adversaries? This question is no longer a resounding YES, but at best a MAYBE.
US VP Mike Pence has been sent out to make the rounds on TV to do damage control by talking tough and threatening everyone. This is standard procedure whenever the US gets a black eye.
This will no doubt be followed up by self-convincing, self-soothing pep-talks by US vassals from London to Warsaw who will heap fawning praise on the US, while convincing themselves that the ‘US is still strong, and that there is no need to ever doubt the US commitments and ability to defend Europe,’ or some similar clap-trap along this line.
When people who think they are the best suddenly get knocked down a few rungs, the absurdities just don’t stop.
The US regime is paranoid about looking weak or losing to anyone. This obsession with always having to appear powerful may not be simply for commercial purposes or even as a means to dominate others.
The US has to do everything it can to at least appear formidable in order to keep at bay all of the victims of its imperial rampages.
If the US becomes weak, its victims will tear it apart.
What the US gained by hook, crook and murder it needs to maintain by hook, crook and murder. This is certainly true of it’s criminal connivance with the evil KSA Wahhabists when it comes to keeping the petro-dollar system alive and oil profits flowing West. We can see this in the demented lengths to which the US is ready to go in falsely blaming Iran for the refinery bombings without any evidence to speak of.
But as with all its misadventures in the Mideast for the past 20 years, the US, with its breaking of treaties, aiding and abetting terror groups, sanctions and economic terrorism, and assisting the House of Saud with bombing and blockading Yemen for 5+ years and causing tens of thousands of civilian deaths, disease and starvation, has no one else to blame but itself.
It says a lot about the moral degradation of the US establishment when the bombing of an oil refinery is more devastating to them than the devastation of civilian lives and infrastructure caused by its own bombs.
The US wanted to sell its overpriced, shoddy weaponry to Saudi Arabia so it could bomb Yemen non-stop, so now it has to pay the price with higher oil prices and domestic economic downturn that will most likely follow after the Aramco bombings.
But that is the price the US will have to be prepared to pay for its stupidity.
If the US wants to bomb, then it will get bombed in return. There is no way around this.
Ask the Saudis.
The US wasted no time falsely putting the blame for the bombings on Iran. US regime’s spokes-vermin, in their typical reptilian logic claim that there is no way that a beleaguered and small militant group as the Houthis could have the ability to carry out such a devastating precision bombing.
But these US regime reptiles seem to be ignoring the fact that the Houthis have been using drones to target the Saudis, their allies, bases and infrastructure for years.
The Yemeni Houthi movement has clearly claimed responsibility for this. Why would they do so, if they did not do it and open themselves up to possible retaliation?
The US is falsely pinning the blame for these refinery bombings on Iran because it is too cowardly to admit that its forces and weaponry have failed to protect its Saudi client-state cash-cow from a militant movement in a war-ravaged country.
But these false accusations will not find a willing audience, except for a few miserable pee-ons in the region and in Europe. No one else believes this US hyped-up tripe anymore.
These refinery bombings were a huge blow to US prestige. The US regime, military, and weapons makers were all greatly embarrassed.
The inability of US military planners and US-made weaponry to counter the Houthi drones is also a sobering wake-up call to all those countries with which the US has any sort of ‘defense’ agreements and partnerships with.
These attacks made the US look unreliable and inept. This realization has not been lost on the US regime’s faithful vassals, especially the ones in Europe that see the US as the lynch pin of NATO and who count on the US for their ‘protection.’
If a small group of Yemeni militants were able to cut through US ‘defenses’ and score a devastating win, then what is a country like Iran, Russia or China capable of? And will the US be able to defend anyone from such adversaries? This question is no longer a resounding YES, but at best a MAYBE.
US VP Mike Pence has been sent out to make the rounds on TV to do damage control by talking tough and threatening everyone. This is standard procedure whenever the US gets a black eye.
This will no doubt be followed up by self-convincing, self-soothing pep-talks by US vassals from London to Warsaw who will heap fawning praise on the US, while convincing themselves that the ‘US is still strong, and that there is no need to ever doubt the US commitments and ability to defend Europe,’ or some similar clap-trap along this line.
When people who think they are the best suddenly get knocked down a few rungs, the absurdities just don’t stop.
The US regime is paranoid about looking weak or losing to anyone. This obsession with always having to appear powerful may not be simply for commercial purposes or even as a means to dominate others.
The US has to do everything it can to at least appear formidable in order to keep at bay all of the victims of its imperial rampages.
If the US becomes weak, its victims will tear it apart.
What the US gained by hook, crook and murder it needs to maintain by hook, crook and murder. This is certainly true of it’s criminal connivance with the evil KSA Wahhabists when it comes to keeping the petro-dollar system alive and oil profits flowing West. We can see this in the demented lengths to which the US is ready to go in falsely blaming Iran for the refinery bombings without any evidence to speak of.
But as with all its misadventures in the Mideast for the past 20 years, the US, with its breaking of treaties, aiding and abetting terror groups, sanctions and economic terrorism, and assisting the House of Saud with bombing and blockading Yemen for 5+ years and causing tens of thousands of civilian deaths, disease and starvation, has no one else to blame but itself.
It says a lot about the moral degradation of the US establishment when the bombing of an oil refinery is more devastating to them than the devastation of civilian lives and infrastructure caused by its own bombs.
The US wanted to sell its overpriced, shoddy weaponry to Saudi Arabia so it could bomb Yemen non-stop, so now it has to pay the price with higher oil prices and domestic economic downturn that will most likely follow after the Aramco bombings.
But that is the price the US will have to be prepared to pay for its stupidity.
If the US wants to bomb, then it will get bombed in return. There is no way around this.
Ask the Saudis.
Sunday, September 1, 2019
80 Years Later
On August 23, 1939, the Soviet Union and Germany signed the Non-aggression Pact. The Soviet Union was compelled to do so by severe necessity, and the difficult decision was made under duress. It had to be made in a very limited time, when the failure of the Anglo-Franco-Soviet trilateral negotiations became obvious, and the possibility of rapprochement between Britain and France with Germany was becoming ever more real. It was necessary to take into account the Japanese factor – the ongoing hostilities at Khalkhin Gol and the military tension in relations with Tokyo that set in for an indefinite time. The Soviet Union could not wage war on two fronts, in the East and the West.
By signing the Pact and the secret protocol, the Soviet leadership pursued the following goals:
- prevent being drawn into the war;
- disrupt the emerging Anglo-German deal (second Munich pact);
- retain room for military-strategic and political manoeuvre;
- prevent Nazi occupation of the entire territory of Poland, which would significantly worsen the military-strategic position of the Soviet Union.
While the Munich Pact gave the Nazis an entire European country and its population to ravage, including Jews who were subject to mass destruction, the August 23 deal removed vast areas of Western Ukraine and Belarussia from the German sphere of influence, saving them from the “new order” and a Holocaust.
The Nazi occupation of Poland confirmed that the decision adopted by the Soviet leadership was correct. Great Britain and France left the Poles to their fate and, without losing hope of a confrontation between Germany and the Soviet Union, made a choice in favour of the so-called Phoney War, which was waged for more than eight months and significantly facilitated Hitler's aggression against European countries and the Soviet Union.(1)
Lets us not forget that by signing the Munich Agreement of 1938, Poland, Hungary, and Great Britain directly took part in the dismemberment of the Czech Republic. After this happened, the Czechs uttered an ominous warning to Poland that they will be Hitler's next victims; a warning that proved all too true.
Poles to this day whine and cry over the Ribbentrop-Molotov pact of 1939 which dismembered their country, yet conveniently forget about Poland's part in dismembering the Czech Republic.
Although Poland's interest in the Munich Pact was driven by the recovery of the Teschen district-which the Czechs took away in an unfair manner by going back on an earlier deal they made with Poland some years earlier-it was still in very poor taste for Poland to exploit the Hitlerian dismantling of a European state to get that territory back. Poland paid for this scummy deed a year later.
And as for blaming the Soviet Union for invading Poland on September 17, 1939, the Soviets paid for this a year or so later during Operation Barbarossa, and redeemed themselves by the great sacrifice they made to the victory over Nazism.
Poles need to seriously reflect on what would have been the fate of Poland-as well as the rest of Europe-if Nazi Germany succeeded in marching into Moscow and taking control over Russia in 1941. The natural resources of a defeated Russia would multiply Germany's strength, and neither Great Britain and the US would have any appetite for confronting it at that point.
So Poles should consider themselves lucky. They got the least worse option out of the two. Because what Hitler had planned for the Poles, Russians, and other Slav 'subhumans' made Stalinist abuses pale in comparison.
Poland has an unhealthy and fatalistic tendency to view historical events selectively. It cherry-picks German and Soviet crimes and points them out, sometimes to the point of morbid paranoid obsession, but conveniently forgets its own shortcomings. This is most evident when it comes to WW2.
Poland also added fuel to the fire it found itself in on September 1, 1939 when it repeatedly refused to enter into any anti-German pact which included the Soviet Union. Poland's rabid Russophobia proved to be its ultimate undoing. If Poland did join in a pact with the Soviets and other nations, perhaps Hitler would've been too scared to launch any wars and there would be no Molotov-Ribbentrop treaty or a WW2.
And lastly, Poles need to keep in mind the extreme devastation and death visited upon them between 1939-1945, learn from it, and help ensure that this never happens again.
Poles can do this by shunning confrontation and animosity (along with anyone who promotes it) and work for the peaceful resolution of differences and problems with every country-especially with Russia-instead of taunting, provoking, and insulting it at every turn for shallow political ends at the behest of the US regime and the NATO rabble.
This is the only sane, sensible, and responsible way to go, and is in Poland's best interest.
The other path could very well lead to a future that will make Poland's WW2 losses look like a paper cut; and that's only if there is even anything left of Poland after the radioactive dust settles.
Sources:
1. https://sputniknews.com/world/201909011076696900-moscow-reminds-europe-ussr-saved-it-from-nazis-as-poland-snubs-russia-in-wwii-commemoration/
By signing the Pact and the secret protocol, the Soviet leadership pursued the following goals:
- prevent being drawn into the war;
- disrupt the emerging Anglo-German deal (second Munich pact);
- retain room for military-strategic and political manoeuvre;
- prevent Nazi occupation of the entire territory of Poland, which would significantly worsen the military-strategic position of the Soviet Union.
While the Munich Pact gave the Nazis an entire European country and its population to ravage, including Jews who were subject to mass destruction, the August 23 deal removed vast areas of Western Ukraine and Belarussia from the German sphere of influence, saving them from the “new order” and a Holocaust.
The Nazi occupation of Poland confirmed that the decision adopted by the Soviet leadership was correct. Great Britain and France left the Poles to their fate and, without losing hope of a confrontation between Germany and the Soviet Union, made a choice in favour of the so-called Phoney War, which was waged for more than eight months and significantly facilitated Hitler's aggression against European countries and the Soviet Union.(1)
Lets us not forget that by signing the Munich Agreement of 1938, Poland, Hungary, and Great Britain directly took part in the dismemberment of the Czech Republic. After this happened, the Czechs uttered an ominous warning to Poland that they will be Hitler's next victims; a warning that proved all too true.
Poles to this day whine and cry over the Ribbentrop-Molotov pact of 1939 which dismembered their country, yet conveniently forget about Poland's part in dismembering the Czech Republic.
Although Poland's interest in the Munich Pact was driven by the recovery of the Teschen district-which the Czechs took away in an unfair manner by going back on an earlier deal they made with Poland some years earlier-it was still in very poor taste for Poland to exploit the Hitlerian dismantling of a European state to get that territory back. Poland paid for this scummy deed a year later.
And as for blaming the Soviet Union for invading Poland on September 17, 1939, the Soviets paid for this a year or so later during Operation Barbarossa, and redeemed themselves by the great sacrifice they made to the victory over Nazism.
Poles need to seriously reflect on what would have been the fate of Poland-as well as the rest of Europe-if Nazi Germany succeeded in marching into Moscow and taking control over Russia in 1941. The natural resources of a defeated Russia would multiply Germany's strength, and neither Great Britain and the US would have any appetite for confronting it at that point.
So Poles should consider themselves lucky. They got the least worse option out of the two. Because what Hitler had planned for the Poles, Russians, and other Slav 'subhumans' made Stalinist abuses pale in comparison.
Poland has an unhealthy and fatalistic tendency to view historical events selectively. It cherry-picks German and Soviet crimes and points them out, sometimes to the point of morbid paranoid obsession, but conveniently forgets its own shortcomings. This is most evident when it comes to WW2.
Poland also added fuel to the fire it found itself in on September 1, 1939 when it repeatedly refused to enter into any anti-German pact which included the Soviet Union. Poland's rabid Russophobia proved to be its ultimate undoing. If Poland did join in a pact with the Soviets and other nations, perhaps Hitler would've been too scared to launch any wars and there would be no Molotov-Ribbentrop treaty or a WW2.
And lastly, Poles need to keep in mind the extreme devastation and death visited upon them between 1939-1945, learn from it, and help ensure that this never happens again.
Poles can do this by shunning confrontation and animosity (along with anyone who promotes it) and work for the peaceful resolution of differences and problems with every country-especially with Russia-instead of taunting, provoking, and insulting it at every turn for shallow political ends at the behest of the US regime and the NATO rabble.
This is the only sane, sensible, and responsible way to go, and is in Poland's best interest.
The other path could very well lead to a future that will make Poland's WW2 losses look like a paper cut; and that's only if there is even anything left of Poland after the radioactive dust settles.
Sources:
1. https://sputniknews.com/world/201909011076696900-moscow-reminds-europe-ussr-saved-it-from-nazis-as-poland-snubs-russia-in-wwii-commemoration/
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