Iran

So, Iran is developing nuclear weapons. There are those in the United States that would have you believe that this is a threat to the global community and that a terrorist state such as Iran should not be allowed to have weapons of this kind because they will use them for evil purposes. Granted, Iran has some ties to certain terrorist organizations and it’s true that the leaders of Iran harbor few good feelings towards countries such as the United States or Israel. One must consider, however, how the Iranians must be thinking.

If you were the Iranian government and you were to look at the history of the Middle east from the beginning of last century up until the present I think that you, yourself, might actually feel the same way that the Iranians do and you, also, might find the incentive to defend yourselves in the same fashion that the Iranians are doing.

At the end of World War II the nations of the west felt so guilty about the Holocaust that they decided to give the Jewish people a country of their own. To do this, however, they had to displace a large number of locals (who, mind you, were not Jewish) and move them elsewhere. It is this kind of disregard for the peoples of the Middle East that is one of the main roots of this conflict.

At the time of the creation of Israel, Israel was surrounded by all Islamic nations, Egypt, Palestine, Iraq, Iran, etc. So, even though the nations of the west backed Israel in every conflict that has arisen between Israel and the Islamic nations there were still enough countries in the Middle East to form a kind of alliance to help each other out. Today, of course, things are different.

As of today, both Afghanistan and Iraq are, for the most part, colony-like entities of the United States. There are large numbers of United States troops in each of these countries. Israel has grown in power to the point where their standing army can effectively defend itself and the world has done nothing but allow the United States to declare war with impunity.

If you were to look at a map of the Middle East, the precarious position of Iran might also make itself visible. Iraq borders Iran on the west and Afghanistan borders Iran, directly opposite, on the east. The Caspian Sea is the northern border to Iran and the Persian Gulf is the southern border, it is almost a one hundred percent guarantee that there are United States military ships in at least one, if not both, of those bodies of water. Taking all of this into account Iran is, effectively speaking, surrounded on all sides by United States military forces. On top of this the United States does not feel the need to hide, in any way, it’s dislike of Iran.

So I ask you, if you were a small nation who suddenly found itself surrounded by one of the most powerful armies in the world because this army was allowed, without reservation, to attack two of your neighboring allies, wouldn’t you feel the need to try and defend yourself? Especially if that surrounding army was so technologically advanced that they have the capability of wiping out most of your standing defense systems within a matter of days thus leaving you almost entirely defenseless?

I am not saying that I approve of Iran having nuclear weapons, but then again I do not approve of the United States having any kind of weapons either, especially since we are so immature as to just use our weapons to take over small countries and try and control the planet. All I am saying is that before people say that Iran is evil for developing nuclear weapons, look at where they are and look at the recent events that have shaped the Middle East and ask yourself, how would you feel if you were in their shoes?