U.S. rhetoric against Iran comes back with vengeance
March 21st, 2007 by CD
This past week in the Congress of the United States, I noted that the administration has threatened aggressive war against Iran. Particularly Secretary Condoleezza Rice had some pretty strong words for Iran.
Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei warned the U.S. today that Iran would hit back with everything it has if attacked over its nuclear program, which the United States believes is aimed at making atom bombs. Khamenei said Iran’s nuclear work followed international rules, but if major powers via the Security Council took “illegal actions” and ignored Iran’s rights, “we can also carry out illegal actions and we will do that.”
The U.S. is barking up the wrong tree with Iran. I hope this is not a step towards hostile actions because both countries cannot afford to go to war. I said this so many times that I believe Israeli Foreign Policy is dictating U.S. Foreign policy with Iran. We often hear about U.S. dictating foreign policy in places like the U.K. but as it turns out the Israeli government has a bigger part in U.S.-Iran relations than most of us know.
- Posted in Middle Eastern Affairs, U.S. Politics