Surviving Capitalism (Not) : War By Other Means: Attacking Iran Through Sanctions

We’ve lived so long under the spell of hierarchy—from god-kings to feudal lords to party bosses—that only recently have we awakened to see not only that “regular” citizens have the capacity for self-governance, but that without their engagement our huge global crises cannot be addressed. The changes needed for human society simply to survive, let alone thrive, are so profound that the only way we will move toward them is if we ourselves, regular citizens, feel meaningful ownership of solutions through direct engagement. Our problems are too big, interrelated, and pervasive to yield to directives from on high.
—Frances Moore Lappé, excerpt from Time for Progressives to Grow Up

Saturday, July 14, 2012

War By Other Means: Attacking Iran Through Sanctions

Click here to access article by Conn Hallinan from CounterPunch.

The Empire is aggressively pursuing world domination everywhere, but I think the hubris of these imperial directors is nowhere more evident than the economic attacks on Iran which has played by all international rules. The constant threats of invasion by Israel and Zionist war-hawks in the US government have absolutely no legitimate justification. It's merely the old, barbaric law of the jungle.

This author provides a rather complete list of all the ways that the Empire and its surrogates are attacking Iran and the effects of these attacks on Iran.

Now that the talks with Iran on its nuclear program appear to be on the ropes, are we on the road to war? The Israelis threaten it almost weekly, and the Obama administration has reportedly drawn up an attack plan. But in a sense, we are already at war with Iran.