– A K Kukkila
Editor, Sanmarga Kannada Weekly & News Channel
The common reasons given by Israel and the US for attacking Iran are as follows:
- Iran should not have a nuclear bomb.
- Iran is a threat to regional security.
- Iran is not a responsible country. It should not have nuclear weapons.
- Iranian religious leader Ayatollah Khamenei is a dangerous person.
Okay. Iran should not have nuclear weapons. If so, can the US have nuclear weapons? Can Israel have nuclear weapons?
The US has about 3,000 nuclear weapons. It is estimated that Israel has about 900 nuclear weapons. So, shouldn’t these two countries first deactivate their nuclear weapons? Then shouldn’t they give Iran a word of advice?
As soon as this question is asked, the US and Israel come up with another argument. That is, Iran is not a responsible country.
Okay. So how responsible is America? How responsible is Israel? How can America be a responsible country that dropped nuclear bombs on Hiroshima and Nagasaki in Japan? How can Israel be a responsible country that drops nuclear bombs on its neighbours Syria, Lebanon, Yemen, and Palestine?
By the way,
Don’t the US attacks on Hiroshima and Nagasaki show that having nuclear bombs in the hands of America is dangerous to the world? So how right is it for America to have nuclear bombs? How safe is it for Israel to have nuclear bombs? Why not deactivate the nuclear bombs of these two countries? If this question is asked, the following answer is given in return:
Israel is being attacked by ‘terrorists’ from Lebanon, Yemen and Gaza in Palestine, so Israel has the right to self-defence, and that is why it bombs all these countries. America also supports this answer and justifies its pro-Israel policy. So, there is a counter-question to this,
So, isn’t Pakistan repeatedly carrying out terrorist attacks on India, and isn’t Pakistan also accused of being responsible for the recent atrocities in Pahalgam, so whose side should America stand on? Should it stand on India’s side? Should it support India’s operation against Pakistan? Should it argue that India has the right to self-defence? Should it send its tankers and jets in support of India?
But what is America doing? The same Pakistani army commander Asim Munir is summoned to the White House. President Trump says I love Pakistan. He repeatedly stands by Pakistan. So, what is the point of America accusing Iran of terrorism? Despite Pakistan inciting terrorism against India, why does America, which stands by Pakistan, not stand by Iran, which is accused of inciting terrorism against Israel? And why does it stand by Israel?
Instead of answering such questions, neither America nor the Indians who support America put forward another opinion. They argue that the Iranian religious leader Ayatollah Khamenei is the most dangerous, fanatical, religious fundamentalist and that Iran must be destroyed.
Okay. Has this Khamenei committed even one percent of the injustice and cruelty committed by this America and Israel in a tie, coat, shoes, pants? Which country around him has this Khamenei attacked? Did he attack Israel on his own initiative? Did he attack Saudi Arabia? Did he attack Kuwait? Did he attack Qatar? Did he retaliate against Iraq, which came to the fight by scratching its feet?
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At the same time, the United States has committed a terrible massacre not only in Hiroshima and Nagasaki in Japan but also in Vietnam. It has destroyed Iraq in the name of non-existent weapons of mass destruction. It has overthrown dozens of regimes in the world. These people in ties, coats, shoes, pants also played a big role in the fall of Gaddafi in Libya. These same ties, coats, shoes, pants are what destroyed Libya. But Iran’s Khamenei has never committed any such atrocities. What are the reasons to oppose him, except that he does not dress like these Westerners and wears a turban, beard and a large robe?
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Iran is not a monarchy. The government is formed there through elections. There is an opposition party in Iran. There is a labour organisation. There is a movement. There is a strike. There is a struggle. Primary education is compulsory in Iran and it is free. The literacy rate of women in Iran is more than 85 percent. There is a report that the participation of women in the scientific and technical fields is more than 50 percent.
The tragedy is that you and we are repeating what America, Israel and their supporters have said like a mantra. Iran is a dangerous country, it should not have nuclear weapons, and Khamenei there is a religious fundamentalist, a fanatic… We are also saying what America has taught us. Beyond that, if we use our brains, we can easily understand which countries are truly irresponsible, which countries should not have nuclear weapons, and which countries pose a threat to regional security.
