“Our defensive power has been
created on the basis of our defensive strategy and the presumption ruling our
defensive strategy is that we will enter an massive battle with a US-led
coalition.” Brigadier General Hossein Salami, IRGC Deputy Commander, September
2012)
Both the US and Israel have threatened to implement a preemptive first
strike attack against Iran, the consequences of which would be devastating.
Responding to these ongoing threats, Iran’s Commander of the Islamic
Revolution Guards Corps (IRGC) General Amir Ali Hajizadeh has warned that a
US-Israeli military attack against Iran could lead to the outbreak of a Third
World War. He also intimated that Israel cannot launch a war without the
green-light from the US.
If such a war were to be launched, according to General Hajizadeh, a
scenario of uncontrolled military escalation is likely to occur. If attacked,
Iran would retaliate against both Israeli and US targets including US military
facilities in neighboring countries (ie. Iraq, Afghanistan, Pakistan, Gulf
States):
Commander of the Islamic Revolution Guards Corps (IRGC) Aerospace Force
General Amir Ali Hajizadeh warned the US and the Zionist regime [Israel] that an
attack on Iran will likely trigger World War III.
Speaking to the Arabic news network, Al-Alam on Sunday, General
Hajizadeh said the US and the Israeli regime may not enter war with Iran
“independent from each other, meaning that either one of these two starts the
war, it will be joined by the other one”.
“We see the US and the Zionist regime standing fully on the side of each
other and we cannot imagine the Zionist regime initiating a war without the
US backup. Due to the same reason, if a war breaks out, we will
definitely wage battle on both sides and will definitely be engaged with the US
bases,” he said.
“In case such conditions arise, a series of incidents will take place
which will not be controllable and manageable and such a war might turn into a
third world war. That means, certain countries may enter the war for or
against Iran,” added the general.
The IRGC commander warned that in case such war is waged on Iran, the
US bases in “those countries around us and inside the neighboring countries will
be targeted and they will even be threatened by the nations of these very
states”. (Fars News Agency, September 23, 2012,
emphasis added)
The World is at a dangerous crossroads. The statement of General
Hajizadeh must be taken seriously.
Active war preparations against Iran have been ongoing for the last
eight years. Since 2005, the US and its allies, including America’s NATO
partners and Israel, have been involved in the extensive deployment and
stockpiling of advanced weapons systems. The air defense systems of the US,
NATO member countries and Israel are fully integrated. Israel cannot act
without the support of its allies.
This is a coordinated endeavor of the Pentagon, NATO and Israel’s
Defense Force (IDF) directed against Iran. Several non-NATO partner countries
including the frontline Arab states (members of NATO’s Mediterranean Dialogue and the Istanbul Cooperation Initiative) are also involved.
Media Disinformation
Public opinion, swayed by media hype is tacitly supportive, indifferent
or ignorant as to the likely impacts of what is upheld as an ad hoc “punitive”
operation directed against Iran’s nuclear facilities rather than an all out
war.
The war on Iran is presented to public opinion as an issue among others.
It is not viewed as a threat to humanity. Quite the opposite: it is viewed as a
humanitarian endeavor.
Retaliation
The Western media is beating the drums of war. The purpose is to tacitly
instil, through repeated media reports, ad nauseam, within people’s inner
consciousness, the notion that the Iranian threat is real and that the Islamic
Republic should be “taken out”.
Iran has significant military capabilities. The fact that an attack on
Iran could lead to retaliation and escalation which could potentially unleash a
“global war” is not a matter of concern.
While the Islamic Republic does not constitute a threat to the security
of Israel, Iran’s military brass has emphasized that in the case of an attack
on Iran, retaliation against Israel is contemplated, with potentially
devastating consequences:
On Saturday, IRGC’s top Commander Major General Mohammad Ali Jafari said
an enemy invasion of Iran is possible, but such a war would put an end to
the life of the Zionist regime of Israel.
….
“War may break out, but if Zionists [Israeli government] start
something, that will be the point of their annihilation and the endpoint of
their story,” he added.
Jafari, meantime, underlined that “no one dares to wage an extensive
ground assault on Iran”.
The General said if the enemy were wise, there wouldn’t be any
problem, “but the problem is that there is no guarantee for this rationality
and we should be prepared too.
Later yesterday, his deputy, Brigadier General Hossein Salami, cautioned
that any possible attack on the Islamic Republic of Iran by the Zionist regime
would provide an opportunity for Tehran to wipe the regime off the earth.
“If the Zionists embark on attacking Iran, it will provide a historical
opportunity for the Islamic Revolution to wipe them off the world’s
geographical history,” Salami said on Saturday night on the state-run TV.
“We are now through with concerns about the Zionist regime’s threats,”
he said, adding that Israel has bitter memories of its last-decade wars with
the regional allies of the Islamic Republic, including Hezbollah and Hamas
Movement.
“(Given the above-mentioned failures) how does it (the Zionist regime)
want to be a threat against the Islamic Republic of Iran?” Salami asked.
He, meantime, underlined Iran’s preparedness to confront any aggression
against the country, and said, “Our defensive power has been created on the
basis of our defensive strategy and the presumption ruling our defensive
strategy is that we will enter an massive battle with a US-led coalition.”
On Friday, Chief of Staff of the Iranian Armed Forces Major General
Seyed Hassan Firouzabadi also warned that Tehran would reciprocate any
aggression against the country with an “immediate” and “non-stop” response,
stressed.
“We do not feel threatened by the boastful remarks of Zionist leaders,
because they are creatures with deep fright who continue crying out since they
know that Iran’s response to threats will be readymade, immediate and
non-stop,” Major General Firouzabadi told reporters on the sidelines of
September 21 military parades marking the anniversary of the Week of Sacred
Defense here in Tehran on Friday morning.
“The Zionist regime officials have declared in their (military)
estimates that military operations against Iran neither can be done by Israel
nor is useful for them,” he added.
He also stated that Iran’s armed forces today are unpredictable and
their strategy and actions cannot be foreseen by the enemies.
The Sacred Defense Week, commemorating Iranians’ sacrifices during the 8
years of Iraqi imposed war on Iran in 1980s, started on Friday with nationwide
parades by various units of the Islamic Republic Army, Islamic Revolution
Guards Corps (IRGC) and Basij (volunteer) forces in Southern Tehran. (Fars News Agency, September 23, 2012,
emphasis added)
Reverse the Tide of War
We call upon our readers to spread the message far and wide.
We call upon people across the land, in America, Western Europe, Israel,
Turkey and around the world to rise up against this military project, against
their governments which are supportive of military action against Iran, against
the media which serves to camouflage the devastating implications of a war
against Iran.
The people of Israel are largely united against Prime Minister
Netanyahu’s resolve to attack Iran.
A protocol of non-aggression should be reached between Israel and Iran.
* * *
The object of this book is to forcefully reverse the tide of war,
challenge the war criminals in high office and the powerful corporate lobby
groups which support them.” (Michel Chossudovsky, Towards a World War III Scenario, Global Research,
Montreal, 2012)
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-Francis A. Boyle, Professor of International Law, University of Illinois College of Law
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-John McMurtry, Professor of Philosophy, Guelph University
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-Denis Halliday, Former Assistant Secretary General of the United Nations
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Michel Chossudovsky exposes the insanity of our privatized war machine.
Iran is being targeted with nuclear weapons as part of a war agenda built on
distortions and lies for the purpose of private profit. The real aims are oil,
financial hegemony and global control. The price could be nuclear holocaust.
When weapons become the hottest export of the world’s only superpower, and
diplomats work as salesmen for the defense industry, the whole world is
recklessly endangered. If we must have a military, it belongs entirely in the
public sector. No one should profit from mass death and destruction.
-Ellen Brown, author of ‘Web of Debt’ and president of the Public Banking Institute
-Ellen Brown, author of ‘Web of Debt’ and president of the Public Banking Institute
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