Bill Sykes' - In Retrospect
III.
(September 2006)
Bill Sykes
looks back in retrospect at material which has been published
in previous editions of "View from America",
in an attempt to determine whether the subject matter
written then is still applicable in today’s world.
These observations have been extracted from Bill Sykes
Newsletter "View from America"
September
2005 edition.
President Bush issues another warning to Iran:
Dateline: Thursday the 11th of August 2005.
Crawford, Texas.
This President has once again in his arrogance, or ignorance,
said that he has not ruled out the option of using force
against Iran for what he calls Iran’s decision
to defy the United Nations Nuclear Agency, (IAEA), in
its call for Iran to suspend its nuclear activities.
Apparently the United States and Israel are very concerned
with Iran’s decision to resume work on its nuclear
programs for obvious reasons.
In an interview with an Israeli TV reporter, President
Bush in an answer to a question posed by the reporter
as to whether he the President was prepared to use military
force against Iran, stated, "Diplomacy is not working,
and therefore all options are on the table". To
be scrupulously fair he also said, "The use of
force is a last resort for any President", but
there again didn’t he say that before we went to
war with Iraq.
Surely this is the same man who gave the order to go
to war against Iraq based upon misinformation, lies and
false premises and surely he must realise that a war
against Iran would be a far different and certainly more
dangerous conflict than the current fiasco in Iraq, as
Iran has at least three times the population and is
certainly better equipped from a military standpoint.
Iran would be a much more formidable enemy and the United
States does not have sufficient military forces to conduct
two separate wars in the Middle East even with the help
of Israel who to the best of my knowledge have an American
assisted nuclear capability.
The formation of an Israeli state has been a major
Middle East problem and stumbling block since the inception
of that state in 1948, and if anyone would have the temerity
to use weapons of mass destruction surely Israel could
be a prime candidate. An attack on Iran at this juncture
would surely create a much more volatile and hostile
situation worldwide than the one that currently exists.
The former President of Iran, Akbar Hashemi Rafsanjani,
speaking at a prayer meeting on Friday the 12th of August
2005 in Teheran was reported to have expressed surprise
at the call by the UN nuclear agency for Iran to suspend
its nuclear activities, and added that the resumption
of Iran’s nuclear program is irreversible and western
opposition to Iran’s decision would cost them dearly.
Relevant information:
Mined uranium ore is purified and reconstituted
into a solid form known as yellow cake.
Yellow cake is converted into a gas by heating it to
about 64 degrees centigrade, (147 degrees Fahrenheit).
The gas is then fed through centrifuges where its isotopes
separate and the process is repeated until uranium is
enriched.
Low-level enriched uranium is used for nuclear fuel,
and highly enriched uranium can be used in nuclear weapons.
Hasn’t this President of the United States caused
enough bloodshed in the Middle East already, without
issuing his recent veiled threats to attack Iran even
though both he and we the people know that we do not
have sufficient military personnel to control the current
chaotic post war situation in Iraq, let alone attack
Iran?
This weak threat to institute possible military action
against Iran is currently unsupportable, unless Mr. Bush
wishes to take a leaf out of President Truman’s
book and set up another Enola Gay bombing mission which
would increase the death toll in the Middle East to a
point that would create a possible retaliation of a similar
nature due to an unbelievable desire by the Muslim races,
(supported by other great powers), to seek retribution
against the American people.
The responsibility for the deaths of over 2000 young
American and coalition soldiers, and the maiming of over
15,000 others, plus the deaths of untold Iraqi civilians
can be laid directly at the door of this President and
his administration. Surely the time has come for
the America public to recognise how dangerous this person
and his entourage are, and take legislative action to
have them removed from office on the basis of complete
and total incompetence in starting a war based upon misinformation,
lies and deception, which has cost the American public
dearly and which will affect the lives of many Americans
for decades to come. The declarations and threats coming
from the mouth of this President are immature in nature
and preposterous in lack of realistic knowledge of the
ways of the world, and this is a man who has been declared
by some of the American’s public who voted him
into power to be a world leader. Ugh.
My Comment:
This is not Monday morning quarterbacking on my part,
for if you have read some of my previous newsletters
in, "View from America", you certainly must
remember, and I hope agree, with my constant opposition
from day one to both the war in Afghanistan and the war
in Iraq when based upon the inaccurate, false, and misleading
reasons given for going to war, which were very much
against the will of many of the leading and powerful
members of the United Nations.
Note: To view the complete
September 2005 edition of “View from
America” please click HERE.
Disclaimer:
Some of the information gathered for this newsletter has
been gleaned from American and International media sources,
(including the Internet), and as such is quoted as accurately
as possible.
I try to obtain confirmation n on each subject from several
outlets, so the text is a mixture of composite news items
and personal comments and therefore the reader must make
his/her own judgement as to the reliability and degree
of accuracy of the subjects discussed.
We
welcome feedback about any of the contents of these articles.
Please send all correspondence to bill_sykes@huddersfield1.co.uk
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