History repeats in Iran
The illegal war against Iran is being framed as a battle for freedom and democracy. History suggests otherwise. Long before today’s violence, Western intervention helped create the conditions that empowered the Iranian theocracy in the first place.
As a marxist atheist, the concept of a theocracy to me is a medieval anathema.
The Iranian Theocracy beats little girls to death for not wearing headscarves and the brutal killings, detentions and torture of protestors mark them as a repressive and ruthless regime.
So I am no fan of the Iranian Theocracy.
However.
I’m also not blind to why they exist in the first place!
American foreign policy!
It was the Americans who committed a coup against Iran’s first democratically elected Government, so let’s not play the freedom and democracy card to try and justify this current illegal war against Iran by America and Israel.
The past gives us glimpses of the damage Western foreign policy has caused…
America helped create the crisis it now condemns
A documentary about Peter Sichel – the ‘Jewish James Bond’ who died in 2025 – includes striking mea culpas about the cost and efficacy of US involvement in the Middle East
The Guardian
…If the bloody Americans stop trying to play God in other people’s countries, we wouldn’t have had much of the nightmare of violence the 20th Century became!
We should be calling America and Israel out for their genocide, their violence and their cruelty.
This is what we get from NZ instead…
…an AI picture of Simon Court that is as unbelievable as the hypocrisy it attempts to mask.
We refuse to learn the lessons of the past, not because we are ignorant of them, but because we are the ones perpetrating the war crimes.
Oil, empire and endless war
We need to be honest about Iran – and how our rampant greed for oil is causing mayhem
Oil has empowered capitalism, and some of the world’s most exploitative regimes. Move away from it and we can solve some of the key issues we face
The Guardian
Go ahead and make your fair point about debating the value of historic US intervention. However it is a little casual and lazy to lump Israel into that when it comes to Iran. By any measure Israel has a self defence justification. Israel is a tiny and relatively young country that literally came under attack on the day of it coming into existence in 1948. While its MMP liberal democracy has produced a tail wagging dog obscenity with the current coalition Government that does not diminish its right to exist and its right to defend itself. In the case of Iran which has persistently called for Israel’s destruction, death to Jews and attacked it directly and via its proxies, Hamas and Hezbollah the case for Israel using military force against Iran is strong and is a continuation of a long standing existing conflict.
Fuck off Paddy!
NO state has a right to exist, it’s a bullshit childish argument
And, once again, Iran call for an end to the ZIONIST regime. Not Israel.
The same way everyone called for an end to apartheid South Africa. Well, everyone except for Reagan and Israel.
Does Palestine have a right to exist?
Answer that before you spin Hasbara talking points.
Palestine has existed for far longer than the Canaanite “kingdom” (Jews, they’re the actual Jews of antiquity). Have a look at your local war memorial this ANZAC day.
Yes, Israel has been attacked.
As happens when you’re a thieving pack of land hungry ethno fascist slavering shitcunts.
See, here’s the thing Paddy.
The Europeans and the colonial satraps they installed had no right to take the land of the Lebanese and Palestinians or anyone else.
If you want to claim some sort of sky fairy bullshit right to the land, then you can fuck off right back into the BC where those beliefs belong. They are the antithesis of the “Western values” people like you claim to believe in.
The Palestinians have been living under occupation for decades.
People living under occupation have to right (some believe duty) to resist occupation, degradation, theft and apartheid. That includes armed resistance.
Iran supports these liberation movements because it is the right, moral and legal thing to do. Unlike the “West”…
If you don’t agree with that right then you’re a complete fuckwit. You’re condemning the French Resistance and Partisan movements and the Warsaw uprising.
If Israel doesn’t like being attacked then it needs to stop being a pack of murderous, genocidal cunts engaging in land theft and ethnic cleansing.
Then we can talk about reparations for all the Israeli murders, crimes and destruction.
PS: Don’t forget to ask for your cheque from the Israelis.
If you are going to argue that Israel has a right to exist you should say the same about Palestine. The history of Israel 2 thousand years ago and the modern state is particularly grubby so while I know that many delusional people think highly of the nation it is not based on reliable evidence. There are Jews who do not support the current government there and even actively protest against it so my disagreement is with the system and those who support it.
Paddy Israel is not defending itself. It’s constantly provoking and instigating and has been for a long time. The Israelis and Trump have made things infinitely worse now, and the rest of the world should be telling them that. Two corrupt old Bastards desperate to create distraction for their own purposes.
No doubt pointing out the obvious will bring the usual antisemitic rubbish that is just a pathetic means of avoiding an actual justification.
Most will agree that Iran is NOT a nice country, however Israel and the USA attacking them while in negotiations was totally unacceptable, hence why I am on Iran’s side on this one. So where is Simon Court coming from? He categorically says – “Free speech protects the right to debate and Protest. It does not extend to targeting people because they are Jewish.” Shouldn’t he ALSO BE SAYING – “It does not extend to targeting people because they are Palestinian”? Both are HATE crimes. What he said and what he failed to say apply to all races, including our Maori wh cop a lot of racism too, much from our current CoC! If he posts on line at least he should be consistent. Also not only is the greed for oil. My pet hate now is greed – how much is ENOUGH????