[Peace-discuss] Meddling in Iran

[C. G. Estabrook]

The USG is not particularly interested in democracy in the Middle East (or 
anywhere else), except in the specialized sense where democracy = doing what the 
USG says.  And the USG also doesn't much care what sort of government arises in 
Iran, so long as it's biddable.  The US is ready to encourage that by force or 
persuasion, whichever is more effective.

US policy for the region including Iran remains what it's always been -- an
insistence that the US control the energy resources of the region.  The 
principal threat from Iran is that it might throw in its lot with the Shanghai 
Cooperation Organization (basically Russia and China) and the Asian energy grid. 
  That has to be prevented, and the USG is willing to kill a lot of people to do 
it.  --CGE


Karen Medina wrote:
> Grrr. When will US regimes ever learn that democracy really does come from
> the people. Stop meddling in other countries elections! The US has never
> chosen a good leader for another country. But the US keeps doing it over and
> over. Grrr. Grrr. Grrr.
> 
> -karen medina
> 
> 
> On Sun, Jun 21, 2009 at 8:55 PM, C. G. Estabrook<galliher at illinois.edu>
> wrote:
>> The question of how the US is currently interfering in Iran came up at the 
>> meeting tonight.  Here are two recent observations. --CGE
>> 
>> 
>> http://chris-floyd.com/component/content/article/1772-convergence-and-continuity-the-american-backed-terror-campaign-in-iran.html
>> 
>> 
>> http://emptywheel.firedoglake.com/2009/06/20/meddling/#more-4333