The Liberal Agenda – Stop Trump’s Iran War Now! Emergency meeting, Thursday, 7pm, Unite Union Office

By
Mike Treen
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Just weeks after his impeachment, President Trump is trying to force the US and the rest of the world into a senseless war with Iran.

We must stop him.

By ordering a drone strike-assassination of Qasem Soleimani and other top Iranian military officials as they were leaving the Baghdad Airport, Trump has committed a war crime and unleashed a terrifying escalation of tensions..

Trump must be stopped quickly before things further escalate. His thinly veiled threats of nuclear war in no way represent the will of the American people and many there are speaking out against war

As expected, the right-wing propaganda machine is busy justifying the march to war just as they justify all the outrageous behavior of this Administration. But the lies have worn thin.

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We need to hit the streets to show our opposition.

We can’t be fooled by the extremists in the Trump Administration and their media cheerleaders. They will paint opponents of the war as “apologists for Iran”, or “anti-American”, or “naive” — or whatever label they can use to distract us from their corrupt rationale for war.

To oppose war is to recognize the intrinsic value of all human life no matter where they live or what kind of government they live under.

The very real steps towards open war with Iran follows the direct US role in the overthrow of the elected government in Bolivia and continuing economic war to overthrow the Venezuelan government and cripple Cuba.

GPJA needs to be reformed as a broad activist coalition that is able to lead the fight for peace and social justice in Auckland.

Come to a meeting this Thursday, 7pm, at the Unite Union office, 6a Western Springs Rd, Morningside, Auckland to start that job in 2020.

Please join us in denouncing the path toward war against Iran.

WHAT: Organise protests against Trump’s war with Iran

WHERE: Unite Union office, 6a Western Springs Rd, Morningside

WHEN: 7pm, Thursday 9th

61 COMMENTS

  1. “We need to hit the streets to show our opposition.”

    Yeah, I look forward to a few dozen not so sleepy Hobbits to march up Queen St.

  2. I don’t think we can stop him Mike ; I don’t think he can stop himself. He is not in charge, war on Iran has been on the US agenda for years.
    A curious thought though… Some commentators think that he didn’t know about taking out the top Iranian general until after it had happened. It will be interesting to see if they do actually start a war, clearly this provocation is designed to invoke a retaliation from Iran that will give them the excuse. We have watched the impeachment process unfold and now Warren is holding back passing it on to the senate . Why?
    What if the fight between the Dems and the GOP is for show . And the impeachment trial is awaiting Trump following through on attacking Iran unlike last time when they had downed the spy drone and he called it off when the planes were in the air. I suspect he was not told until the planes were in the air, and likewise this time. So let’s see if he tries to pull out at the last minute again , and this time the impeachment trial suddenly gets passed to the senate and to everyone’s surprise he gets convicted and put out of office and Pence takes over and the deep state gets the war with Iran they have longed for for years. Happy Bolton.
    D J S

    • David

      When political survival is at risk, invoke the Thatcher doctrine: start a war mate.

      Trump
      Netanyahu
      Both having a few problems back in the office.

      Why not have a diversion which compels the nation to unite?

      Axiomatic

    • David Stone: “He is not in charge, war on Iran has been on the US agenda for years.”

      I agree with you on this.

      “Some commentators think that he didn’t know about taking out the top Iranian general until after it had happened.”

      It’s plausible. Up to this point, he hasn’t shown himself to be disposed toward such extreme provocations: words are more his style.

      “…clearly this provocation is designed to invoke a retaliation from Iran that will give them the excuse.”

      Indeed. Anyone who’s been paying any attention at all to the Iran situation can hardly fail to have noticed that, since the overthrow of the Shah (who – for those who are too young to know this stuff – was a US puppet, installed by the CIA many years ago) in the 70s, the US has tried everything in its power to provoke Iran to war. Nothing has been successful. This assassination is so egregious an act that Iran must retaliate: which is the point of the deed to begin with.

      NZ folks who don’t know so much about this issue could do worse than read Nicky Hager. I think it’s “Other People’s Wars” where he talks about what the US has been doing in the Gulf over many years.

      “Happy Bolton”

      Ha! Exactly. In my view, this has Bolton’s fingerprints all over it, regardless of his having been fired. In fact, it may even be because he was fired that he’s managed to engineer this. That man has had an insane obsession with Iran, and with going to war there, for all the time that he’s been in public office.

  3. Make Lord Farquat of Shrek saying a meme…

    “Some of you may die.. But it is a sacrifice, I am willing to make.”

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  4. Trump is the first US President in decades who has NOT started a war. In that regard this Op-Ed is in the league of the brainwashing MSM.

  5. Protests have already begun in cities around the US and elsewhere in the world.

    USA Today – “Outraged Americans condemn US actions in Iraq and Iran. ‘Enough with this nonsense!’ ”
    USA Today photo gallery here

    CNN
    On Saturday anti-war protesters assembled across the US and around the world to protest the administration’s action. From Times Square to Washington DC, from the Trump Tower in Chicago to Denver Colorado, rallies and protests were held in more than 70 cities around the US. Protests were also held in the UK and Canada.
    “For all who believe in peace, for all who are opposed to yet another catastrophic war, now is the time to take action”

    Reuters link
    Speakers at the Washington event included Jane Fonda, who said, “The younger people here should know that all of the wars fought since you were born have been fought over oil.” And, “We can’t anymore lose lives and kill people and ruin an environment because of oil.” (My emph.)

  6. Trump has not been impeached. You need to get that correct. Secondly, where were the street protests when the previous administration carried out similar attacks. Or is it a case of Trump bad no matter what? Iran is more vulnerable than you think and escalation would not be of benefit. A few key power stations taken out or their oil fields would cripple the military and the Iranians know that very well. Even their threat to SLOC can be easily contained. Putin does not want this conflict to escalate as he’s getting bogged down in a Syria.

    • Perhaps a bonfire and burning Trump effigies would enhance the atmosphere down by the US Consulate in Downtown Auckland?

      • With 600 children’s pictures, signifying the 600 children who have been killed by drones and other weapons in their murderous attacks in Afghanistan alone, during 2019. (Maybe with a few dozen burnt toy koalas thrown in for the heck of it.) That is what they are freaking well doing! Now! As you’re reading this, more children are being maimed and killed, let alone those losing their homes, their families, their entire world. And, we’re all losing that, ultimately.

      • By our silence, by our reluctance to act when sadists rule the world, we ARE participating, we are joining in their atrocities. Silence is no longer an option.

        No wonder the planet is over us. Like a big old St Bernard that’s covered in fleas, it’s starting to wake up. Just a bit of a twitch here and there so far.. wait till it really starts shaking them off.

  8. “To oppose war is to recognize the intrinsic value of all human life no matter where they live or what kind of government they live under.”
    Try telling the Mad American Evangelical Tribes who have Trump sucking up to get their vote. They think he is JC or God come to save them. With a bit of luck he might lead them to the promised land some where at the end of the Galaxy or better still Since he can walk on water, they could all follow him off the cliff. You people think its bad living in NZ far away. Its a hell of a lot worse living here in America.

  9. It’s not right v left either, Mike, in the US. I’m a leftie, but lately have found way more anti-war sanity among conservatives at, say, The American Conservative than among ‘liberals’.

  11. With the madman in the US and his puppy Etonian fool Boris in the UK I don’t want Simon in charge of NZs foreign policy in 2020. He’d follow Sir John’s “get sum guts” ( but not for him or his kids) policy which means ‘where America goes we will follow’. Think of the repercussions for your own kids or grandchildren.
    I have more confidence in the decisions of Jacinda, Kelvin, Winston, James and the rest of the coalition. None whatsoever in Simon’s confused, conflicted opposition. I await the proclamations of National’s mercenary-Sorry (‘private contractor’) MP. Sorry again but -I’ve forgotten his name.( actually not sorry).

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