Thursday, June 19, 2025
My thoughts on Iran’s nuclear capacity is not unique
Israel has stated it’s bombing of Iran is pre-emptive. That would be correct as Iran has no nuclear weapons to date. There is absolutely no reason for the continued assault on the Iranian people.
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This assault on a sovereign country such as Iran is illegal in that the reason for it is ill placed without sincere purpose. Iran is not Gaza. It had nothing to do with the October 6th attacks that killed innocent and unarmed Israeli citizens. Israel can make the argument that Iran supports the “Shi’ite Crescent,” but, that is a completely different topic. Iran had no first hand knowledge of the murders on October 6th and it’s on going conflict.
Iran attacked Israel in an effort to end the circumstances of the Palestinian people. It is no surprise Iran hates Israel and will not recognize its right to exist. If Iran made that leap of faith, perhaps its militias such as Hamas, Hezbollah, and the Houthis might lower the threat from these groups. Israel has seen to the continuing problems of Hamas and Hezbollah by carrying out successful attacks on their foot soldiers as well as leadership. Hassan Nasrallah is dead.
The argument to end this war between two religious opposites is strong in realizing the agreements under Obama have been mostly successful in containing Iran’s nuclear weaponization. There has been no movement toward a successful nuclear bomb under Iran’s current government since 2003. That is a full generation of peace, but, with progress noted in enrichment.
If the USA continues on a path of war it will be violating international laws that protect innocent people when countries differ in ways that result in violence.
We have witnessed senseless deaths of Syrians when Assad was the authoritarian in that country. Those deaths were brought about by chlorine barrel bombs and Russian tanks. Every form of civilized building was a target by Russia and Assad including hospitals. We have witnessed this same level of disregard to international norms with Israel and its attacks into Gaza. Now, Israel in its pre-emptive bombings are carrying out the same meaningless strategy of warning people of eminent bombings. This time with Iran Israel’s ambition is much bigger warning a city with 10 million people to evacuate or face death. It is more obvious than ever that warnings to evacuate are to placate an international community appalled by the inhumanity shown another race of people.
If Trump continues in a path of senseless killing as he endorses today, he has a real problem to face in killing people without purpose in the face of Iranian leadership that has not moved aggressively to nuclear weaponization.
Practicing racism of all extremes is not leadership in any form.
The 50th Anniversary
The UK and USA signed contracts on trade. The other nations did not.
Joint Statement (Click here)
I find the joint statement on wildfire to be timely and important (click here). Adopting a “whole society) approach is most interesting. It means citizens don’t have to seek modernization alone. Government among these nations now recognize the problem with climate can’t be leveraged by consumer interests alone. That is a very important first step and will carry over to COP in the future.
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