For years, United States officials and the corporate media have sought to create a conflict of interest with Iran by means of misinformation and fear-mongering. The largest of these attempts in recent years has been the claim that Iran has nuclear weapons technology and, because of this, presents a danger to the United States and its citizens. Due to the perpetuation of this fallacy by the media, the American populace is enthralled with the possibility of an Iranian threat and potential war.
It is incredible that American politicians would attempt to sell another war based on the same exact claims that initiated the conflicts in Iraq – claims that turned out to be utter fabrications – yet it seems to be working because the world is abuzz with talk over how to deal with Iran and its devilishness.
The reality may be shocking, because the truth is that there is only one nation on the planet that has ever actually used a nuclear weapon of mass destruction during conflict and that is the United States. With all the fear that stems from the threat of nuclear weapons, one can only imagine the amount of fear generated by the history of military involvement by our very own country. If there is a nation that ought to be feared in terms of this type of weaponry, it ought to be the one country that has actually utilized its destructive power in the past. The United States cannot sit back and order other nations to disarm in the face of this hypocrisy. Furthermore, the idea that our nuclear weapons are good, but theirs are bad, is an incredibly poor argument.
Iran, along with the United States, has signed the Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty and under the terms of the treaty in the second paragraph of the second page, Iran is permitted to have nuclear power, medical isotopes, and other peaceful industrial uses of nuclear technology, as are all member states, and under Article IV it is even obligatory for other member states to aid Iran in the construction of peaceful nuclear facilities. Iran also allows IAEA inspections, which is mandatory for member states. These are very good ways to make sure that nothing covert and clandestine is happening, because other states have direct access to these facilities. Now, putting rumors aside, there has been absolutely no evidence discovered to support the claims that Iran is developing, or wants to develop, nuclear weapons. So, in ignoring their responsibilities in Article IV of the Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty, and by using military threats to intimidate Iran into conceding their rights, it is the United States, not Iran, that is violating international law.
Let’s not repeat Iraq.
