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Iran,
globalization and U.S. imperialism
The
US invasion of Iraq: oil
is the mother of all factors
Iran elections: the crisis of survival & legitimacy
It
is time to break the silence on the crimes of the clerical
regime
Iraq: elections and the impasse of
US imperialism
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October 30, 2007
Condoleezza Rice, U.S. secretary of State, is partially
right when she says "Iran is the single greatest challenge
for American Security interests in the Middle East and possibly
around the world." In fact, Iran could be singled out as a
major obstacle to the U.S. vision of a Middle East if we accept
that Washington's drive for absolute power and hegemony in the
region has encountered several formidable barriers from the Iraqi
resistance against occupation to Iran's growing influence in the
region.
According to George Bush's secretary
of state, the U.S. vision is a region where the countries "trade more, invest more, talk more and work more
constructively to solve problems." This fairy-tale vision is very similar to
Washington's vision for Iraq just before the 2003 invasion--i.e., the
establishment of a free, democratic, and just society rising from the ashes of
Saddam Hussein's fascist regime. A society in which the people of Iraq would
"throw rose pedals under the feet of their liberator"-- the U.S. soldiers.
In propagating these visions , the benevolent
U.S. administration purposefully avoid mentioning anything about their
interests in the region and the human and material price the people of the
Middle East will have to pay to realize the dream-world of Mr.Bush and his
capitalist Neocone friends and backers. The bloody, destructive, and chaotic
experience of Iraq, however, shows what the rest of the Middle East,
particularly Iran and Syria, should expect from the U.S. vision if Washington
ever manages to rise from the ashes of the Iraqi quagmire.
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