Politico noted last night:
Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni on Wednesday joined a growing European backlash against the U.S. and Israeli strikes on Iran.
The right-wing leader issued her strongest rebuke of the war so far in remarks to the parliament in Rome, describing the military campaign unfolding in the Middle East as part of a growing trend of interventions "outside the scope of international law,” while also acknowledging the threat Tehran poses to regional security.
This is an illegal war. We know that. Importantly, though, it is being said. Across Europe, the opinion is widespread.
George W. Bush once described an "axis of evil". That comprised North Korea, Iran and Iraq.
These days, who knows about Iraq? Is that true now?
But shouldn't we be adding the USA and Israel? They are now the source of more evil than any other nations on earth. Objectively, given the harm they have caused, that has to be true.
And shouldn't we be calling out the real problem? That is toxic zionism. That is the issue driving this evil. I do not see how this can be denied now. It ia factual observation. And there is nothing antisemitic about saying so. It might, in fact, be antisemitic not to point it out and discuss the issue.
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The irony of Bush’s speech is that it included Iran just after the Iranians had given vital information to the US to enable them to invade Afghanistan.
At a book fair, I heard Jack Straw ( Foreign Secretary at the time ) promote his book ( on Iran) and told us that the information supplied by Iran had enabled the West to capture Kabul more easily. The Iranians , he claimed, had also offered a re-set of relations which included their help to Hezbollah.
The BBC did a documentary on Qasim Soleimani which included a section where he offered the CIA chief a map with the Taliban defences ( the porgram is no longer available -or wasn’t last time I looked ).
Soleimani was assassinated in 2020, when he was visiting Iraq, by Trump’s orders. Just after, I think, Pompeo had talked Trump out of a strike on Iran following the 2020 election. Bush’s Axis of Evil speech ended the offers. Straw wondered why the State Dept had allowed this to go out.
My theory is that Iran was the necessary enemy or threat to justify aid to Israel and deployments in the region and that reality was less important than the image. Just my take on it of course
Worth remembering that the Iraq “war” was triggered by the destruction of the World Trade centre, by citizens of Saudia Arabia. Had it been Libyans, the headlines would have been: “Libya attacks the USA”. Instead, lies were used to attack iraq.
This time around, one convicted criminal (tRump) and one accused of genocide (Net&yahoo) are using war to deflect attention from domestic realities. In the case of Israel, pre & post foundation massive violence was used by zionists against the native (arab) population. In the case of the UK and politics, LINO in its upper reaches is mostly made up of zionists, raising the question: is LINO interested in the well being of UK citizens, or more focused on the interests of nations a long way away and with whom the Uk has zero in common? The banning of a recent rally in London (al quds march) suggests the latter.
Channel 4 interviewed the Kurdish leader last night – did anyone see it? He appealed for stability in the region and criticised the heavy handedness of the U.S. approach (how can you expect talk to someone whose family you have just wiped out he said?). He seemed totally sane to me – it was a nice surprise to hear his words.
His sanity was a welcome breath of fresh air. He appeared like an utterly reasonable man?