U.S. is provoking Iran

The U.S. is provoking Iran, again. The U.S. has provoked other countries in the past. It's what bullies do.

According to a report at DEBKAfile on June 28, 2010, the U.S. has 3 aircraft carriers and 10,000 marines off the coast of Iran in the Persian Gulf. A fourth aircraft carrier is further west in the Arabian Sea.

"debkafile's military sources report that Washington has posted a third carrier opposite Iran's shores. It is supported by amphibious assault ships and up to 4,000 Navy and Marine Corps personnel, bringing the total US strength in these waters to three carriers and 10,000 combat personnel."

I wonder how the U.S. would feel is some country that has ten times the military power of the U.S. had its navy and marines cruising of the coasts of the U.S.

The U.S. action is another act of provocation. The U.S. will lie about some incident in the waters near Iran, like the U.S. lied about the Gulf of Tonkin incident. This is a taunting, like using the RMS Lusitania, which led to her sinking by the Germans. The U.S. will lie about some fictitious incident which will give the U.S. the excuse to attack Iran.

General Smedley Butler wrote War is a Racket. General Butler proposed a constitutional amendment that would limit our navy to operate within 500 miles of our coasts, except for humanitarian aid. 2. The vessels of the United States Navy, or of the other branches of the armed service, are hereby prohibited from steaming, for any reason whatsoever except on an errand of mercy, more than five hundred miles from our coast.

Why does the U.S. insist on meddling in other people's countries? What will it take to get the war lovers to say, "O.K. The world is at peace so we can bring all of our troops home from; Iraq, Afghanistan, Germany, South Korea, Japan, Okinawa, Guam, The Philippines, etc, etc. What conditions would satisfy the war lovers? If you asked them they would give some impossible condition. The ego of bullies and empire builders can never be satiated.

They cannot imagine a world were the war lovers are not needed. A world were international incidents are settled in a court of law, like individual incidents. The war lovers need the military nation so a colonel can retire with 30 years of service at age 53 and collect a pension close to $85,000 per year, with a cost of living raise, and excellent medical insurance.

The military nation meets some of Maslow's hierarchy of human needs, i.e. to feel needed and respected.

Have you seen any positive media images of Iran? If you see any Iranian images from the U.S. mainstream media they are of anti American crowds or negative images of Iran. I saw a Rick Steves travel program on PBS about Iran. The scenes and the interviews showed the Iranian people in a positive image.

"All men are enamoured of decorations...they positively hunger for them." Napoleon

Charles Tolleson