Some Questions All Americans Should Ask Themselves
We should all be asking ourselves some important questions today.
Why did American leaders feel the need to “obliterate” Iran again? Didn't our Nobel Prize-seeking president stand before this nation just eight months ago and brag about obliterating the entirety of Iran's nuclear program?
If there's no longer a threat, why bombard again?
Did the administration exaggerate the success of that previous military action, or did our president not extract all the profits he intended to gain? Why else would the two nations have been hunkered down in diplomatic negotiations for weeks?
Or was diplomacy a mere pretense, the face of sincerity while plotting strategic bomb drops?
More important, how will this war benefit American citizens? Will seizing Iran's oil supply lower our gasoline and electricity costs? Will it lower our mortgage rates? Will it lower rising inflation?
Or is it just another rapacious notch on our president's belt?
Should we ask his Board of Peace?
Should we ask members of Congress who were not given the opportunity to debate the so-called merits of this war or approve it?
And why now, at this moment? Is it another public distraction to take our eyeballs off the Epstein files?
In a civilized world, isn't war a last resort, and only undertaken to protect a nation's security? Trump cited Iran taking Americans hostage in 1979 as justification—but that was nearly half a century ago. What world is he living in?
So, what's the real truth behind this high-risk, unprovoked, first strike assault on a sovereign nation that, according to the president, will create new American casualties of war? What are its true motives?
America's foreign policy has only one purpose. As explained in this 1978 documentary below, it has never been about helping society, satisfying people, or improving life around the globe. It's about helping corporate America make greater profits year over year, any way it can, everywhere it can, despite undermining the nobler ideals of life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness.
As our nation sinks deeper into darkness, understanding the chief, underlying cause is the most important action any citizen can take. Only then can we join together to solve this deterioration of nation. Or we can look the other way and blame everyone else.
Controlling Interest: The World Of The Multinational Corporation
Wonderland
Admittedly, I am not as well read and informed as most of the people I see post on this site. That said, I will give my two cents about the American involvement in Iran.My view comes from close friendships with Iranian Americans. My friends have never been more proud to be an American. They are so grateful that the United States finally came in to rescue their people. My very good friend was a young girl when the Iranian government came to a family party and took her cousins and herself to a government building to physically check to see if they were virgins. She will never forget. She came to America with her brother and mother, and they became American citizens. Her father still lives there. She has been praying for so many years that her country would one day be saved. She is so grateful to this administration that Khoumeni has been taken out. Even though her father is still there, he joins her in praying for their freedom. I think it is about more than corporate greed.
Evangel
Thanks for taking time to comment on this. I think your friends are fortunate to have gotten out of Iran when they did. I couldn't believe anyone would want to stay there when the Ayatollah Khomeini took over. It was shocking to me how many Iranians were happy--many were worried about American values corrupting their daughters. It remains an extreme and oppressive regime to this day...straight out of the dark ages.
That said, having grown up in the foreign service, this documentary is reality. Our diplomats are clear about what their job is: make the region safe for American business and profit--and Trump is a business man. In fact, over 90% percent of the test questions on the exam to get into the foreign service are business oriented. There was also an earlier coup d'état conducted jointly by the CIA and Great Britain in 1953. It was to assist a British oil company recapture its oil production operation that was nationalized by the Iranian government.
Honestly, despite what he says to make this palatable to the American people and especially his MAGA base who are largely opposed, I can't imagine that Trump cares one bit about Iran's ongoing extreme repression or rescuing women from being searched beneath their skirts. You and I care about human rights, but Trump is strictly about money, power, and control. It's also about Israel, oil, and hotels. But, mainly it's about getting what he wants and taking down those who get in his way, just like he's done to Anthropic right here at home.