tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1414025411716568353.post2515208337387358039..comments2023-10-17T05:20:29.635-04:00Comments on Shadowed Forest of World Politics: Iran: Unacceptable Symbol of IndependenceWilliam deB. Millshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07103937881679464836noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1414025411716568353.post-71627816942830531642010-02-12T13:44:14.270-05:002010-02-12T13:44:14.270-05:00The latest frenzy of Capitol Hill bills attacking ...The latest frenzy of Capitol Hill bills attacking Iran for sins, some real and some imagined, that are in any case committed with impunity by ourselves and our allies (especially Israel and Colombia, both of which are practicing ethnic cleansing - far worse than Iran's domestic sins) is particularly worrisome. These bills are far more a function of American emotions than Iranian behavior. A lot of powerful people in Washington behave the way a lot of drivers in Washington behavior - push-button road rage.<br /><br />I've seen this sort of contempable childishness in the bureaucracy on the part of petty low-level managers (the type of people, in my academic days studying the USSR, who were called "Little Stalins"). But to see it on the part of the so-called "senior leadership" is very scary.William deB. Millshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07103937881679464836noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1414025411716568353.post-22970529504811497182010-02-10T23:31:08.717-05:002010-02-10T23:31:08.717-05:00Excellent observations and I agree.
Washington’s ...Excellent observations and I agree.<br /><br />Washington’s regional dominance may rest on a foundation of bluff but it has military bases and/or puppet regimes in a number of the Gulf states, has divided groups and countries against each other and has encircled Iran. It worries me that the people in charge, such as Clinton, Gates, Obama and all the usual Israeli hawks, being unreasonable and arrogant warmongers, may start another catastrophe worse than what they have done so far.Veronicanoreply@blogger.com