Read and digest this opening paragraph from Peter Hartcher, international editor of the Sydney Morning Herald:
"Iran is far from Australia. Yet if it goes to war with America the consequences could be uncomfortably near." (Acute problem with US-Iran war, 25/6/19)
If IRAN goes to war with America?
Incredibly, what Hartcher is doing here is reversing over a century of US regime change dating back to the overthrow of the Queen of Hawaii in 1893 under US president Benjamin Harrison (1889-1893) (See Stephen Kinzer's Overthrow: America's Century of Regime Change from Hawaii to Iraq, 2006, pp 11-30)
Typically, Hartcher's only concern is how this will affect Australia - and who does he cite on this matter? Who else but the former Liberal senator and Australian Army commander responsible for the siege of the Iraqi city of Fallujah in 2004, major-general Jim Molan:
"We are 90 per cent dependent on imported fuel... and we have only around 23 days' supply in Australia." (ibid)
Moving on, however, Hartcher cannot help but deal with the stark reality of the matter:
"The new US President pulled out of [Obama's] Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (JCPOA)]. He was persuaded by the urgings of US hardliners and by the governments of Iran's biggest foes - its neighbours Israel and Saudi Arabia. These countries want Iran crushed, and they want the Americans to do the crushing for them." (ibid)
Will wonders never cease? Hartcher's got Israel right for once!
Now the Sydney Morning Herald of the same day (25/6/19) carried the following report:
"US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo is touring the Middle East and Asia looking to build a global coalition against Iran... not only throughout the Gulf states, but in Asia and in Europe... " (Pompeo seeks anti-Iran coalition, Darlene Superville, AP)
Unsurprisingly, in yesterday's (26/6/19) Sydney Morning Herald, we read that:
"The Morrison government has left the door open to joining a co-ordinated international effort to ratchet up pressure on Iran, saying Australia is 'in consultation with our allies and partners' as tensions rise between Washington and Tehran." (Australia open to anti-Iran push, David Wroe)
Could it be any clearer than this? The United States is gunning for Iran, not, as Hartcher has it, the other way around. And Morrison wants in on the action, just like his Liberal Party predecessor John Howard did in 2003. Incredibly, we have learnt nothing as a nation since then.
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Just as little Johhny did back in 2003, little Scotty is itching to lick the boots of those who must be obeyed in Washington (and elsewhere). Australia is a fully fledged vassal state of the Anglo Zionist Empire. Morrison, along with pretty much all major politicians are apparatchiks of said Empire. It makes zero difference if this attack on Iran goes against all international law and constitutes the supreme war crime (aggression) coz the 'international rules based order' dosn't adhere to the dictates of international law, they just ignore it. Your article is yet another example (about 3876 examples approx) of why I avoid the mainstream media full stop.
Anglo/Zionist global capitalism is already at war with Iran. A blockade is simply an act of war.
That makes four current blockades in progress in the Middle East, the Israeli blockade Gaza/Palestine, the Saudi/ UAE blockade of Qatar, the Saudi/UAE blockade of Yemen and the Anglo/Zionist blockade of Iran.
Interestingly the US refuses to to sign the International Law of the Sea convention yet it protests loudly about freedom of navigation in the South China Sea while respecting the sovereignty of no nation.
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