The cat and mouse between the Iranian Navy and the U.S Navy!

With all the baggage that exists between them, one would think that these two would have much better things to do than to play a 'cat and mouse' game and on international waters at that. If things were not bad between the two of them, they have to resort to this as well. In case, you are wondering what am I jabbering about here, it is all about the Iranian Navy targeting the U.S navy ships and vice versa.

All this does is bring to my mind a line from one of the many action movies, 'Children, we must all learn to share' and this is one lesson that neither party wants to learn anytime quickly. One can understand that both the Americans and the Iranians have a lot of baggage between the two of them, but if both India and Pakistan can be matured about the relationship between them, then why on earth shouldn't the U.S and Iran start behaving themselves, at least when they are in the international arena??

Iran still very much a threat - U.S!

It seems that after all that was said and done, the United states still believes Iran to be very much threat and that they still believe in going ahead with the missile defense shield plans. The baggage of past relations is one that Henry Kissinger would probably understand the best of all of us, for none more than he would know how history can have this resounding effect on relations for decades to come.
Look at South Korea and North Korea, technically they are still supposed to be at war, and that was over 50 years ago, so record wise that may be the longest war that has ever been fought in the modern history of man, not counting the 100 years war. One can only hope that both Iran and the United states find some peaceful way of resolving their issues!

Iran: The report that never was!

Iran seems to be more in the news these days and not for all the right reasons. The latest round in the Iran-U.S war of the meek seems to have ended in the favor of Iran. The leakage of the intelligence report telling one and all that Iran seems to have halted its nuclear weapons program way back in 2003 is not all that surprising to those who know the Iranians well. For those who do know the Iranians well, know that they have this inherent tactic for survival and that they will never take the foolhardy path of Saddam Hussein. They well know that to take that path will only lead to total and utter destruction on all sides and that it is indeed better to live and let live. On that thought, did you know that the ancient school of philosophy can be traced back to Iran and that it is in Iran that it had its roots and not in Greece as many think so!

This intelligence report has come at a time that the United states is going hammer and tongs at getting even more sanctions against Iran approved by the Security council. For one, this report does make things a little bit difficult for the United states to push for even more tougher sanctions. And anyone can see that to most Americans today, Iran and its hardliners still represent a threat not because of their religion or the fact that Iran thinks that Israel does not exist, but for the fact that many Americans were taken hostage during the Iranian revolution. What irks the Americans to this day is the fact that many Americans were taken hostage in the American embassy in Teheran. This baggage is one of the main reasons why America today finds it so difficult to even get along with Iran. The past is in the past and that is easier said than done, but it is high time that both these countries realise that there is nothing to be gained by holding onto past grudges. They should really take a page from the India-Pakistan book, the whole world knows the legendary rivalry between those two and today, they are not against each other, at least not the way that they were in the 1970's. They have matured and come a long way since then.

One thing is for sure, the other countries can breath a sigh of relief as they know that the United states would not be pressing that hard for sanctions this time around and that the Nuclear watchdog and mr.ElBaradei can go about their job and make sure that Iran has indeed complied with the IAEA rules and that Iran is only involved in fuel enrichment for peaceful purposes!

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The U.S,Iran and Iraq!

This is indeed a quixotic situation of sorts for the Untied states, to be talking Iraq to Iran. Iran is slowly but surely increasing its influence in Iraq and there does not seem to be much that the United states can do about it. The United states realise that in order to have a stable Iraq, Iran's inputs does not only become necessary but all too essential. With the violence in Iraq having come down a notch, the government of Iraq as well as the security forces are looking for ways to press ahead their advantage and see if they can bring about a stable Iraq sooner than later. But with both the United states and Iran suffering from a trust deficit, it is only a matter of days before this latest round of talks fail as well. But that does not mean the end of the road, the journey for the Untied states-iran convoy has just began and it is a very rocky road, but there is so many miles to cover, can they overcome their hostilities and carry on?

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Russia and China block the Iran sanctions!

This is not exactly a surprising news, is it? Both Russia and China have enormous economic capital invested in Tehran and they know that if the U.N were to apply any economic sanction of any kind on Iran, they both face huge losses as well as the loss of lucrative oil contracts.
This does bring into the question of the 'Multi polar' world versus that of the 'Unipolar' one. Is the United states right in waging an economic war on a single country and expecting all the other nations to follow its lead? Many people may have something very strong kin nature to say to the United states, especially with the way that its foreign policies are being run. The way it is going, it is only a matter of time before the United states sees that it has no friends whatsoever in the International community. Both Russia and China are totally against the imperialistic attitude of the United states. What is more they both together with India are trying to fashion up a multi polar world, one that does heed to the rules of the book. Where the Unites states is concerned, it has long since thrown the book out of the window along with Jimmy carter. The United states has made it clear that it has no intention of being a 'hall monitor' but instead plans to be the bully. And do you want to take an educated guess who is in its headlights, Iran, right in the center of this storm that is yet to blow!

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Iran and the United states!

The tango between the United states and Iran has been nothing but bitter all the way. It sounds bitter even to us who just get to hear a watered down version in the news so can you imagine the actual bitterness that is present in the Iran-United states relations. It seems that they must have caught the India-Pakistan bug. The relations between the two Asian neighbours was so bitter at one time that it would have given the word 'bitter' take a closer look at itself. But they have since then progressed to toleration to acceptance and now to friendship. The road to peace is never smooth and one can always count on it to be rocky at the least. Both the United states and Iran should take a leaf out of the India-Pakistan relations and learn from it.
If I were to take a guess, I would say that the bitterness with Iran started with the Iranian revolution and the hostage crisis. Since then, relations between the two have taken quite a beating. The Americans in general have a very warped vision of Iran, not surprising considering that most of the Americans think that Cuba is only good for cigars. The relations between India and Pakistan , although bitter to start off with, has normalised as a result of the shared heritage between them. No matter that they have come to blows in the past or may do so in the future, but this shared heritage that has bonded them is here to stay. So they both have very wisely decided to build on that, both literally and figuratively.
Where as the Americans and the Iranians do not have much of a shared heritage to build upon and what is more they do not consider one other as humans so the question of bonds and heritage is kind of moot here. Recently the Stanford university had invited president Mahmoud Ahmadinejad as the guest speaker only to insult him publicly which says volumes about American manners. It is no wonder that the Europeans and the rest of the world do not think much of the American manners,to invite a foreign dignitary and to insult him like that is unheard of in almost all countries all over the world except for the Untied states. Either way whether they choose to improve their manners or not, the Untied states needs to resolve its issues with Iran in a peaceful and Democratic manner. That is the way of the world and we most certainly do not need another war!

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Russia says no to the Iran sanctions!

Russia not agreeing with the United states is not surprising and if they had agreed with them, then that would have made some eyebrows rise. Anyway Russia has made its position known publicly and Russia can count on both China and India to oppose the Iran sanctions. As things stand, the current economic sanctions on Iran and its banks do not need the other countries to support the enforcement of these sanctions. These are 'stand alone' sanctions, that is they are sanctions passed on by one country against another one and as such it is puzzling as to what Russia hopes to accomplish by going against these sanctions publicly.

Turkey gearing up to invade Iraq??

The recent clashes between the Turkish military and the Kurdish rebels has only made an already bad situation even worse. With Turkey gnawing at the reins it is going to be a difficult job to convince the Turks not to invade Iraq at the moment. The problem is further compounded by the fact that most of the Iraqi's will view any such unilateral action on the part of Turkey as an act of invasion and will oppose any such moves by direct action on their part.The Turkey - Kurdish clashes is fast turning out to be one major headache that no one wants to handle at the moment.
If they are not careful, Turkey could well start of another war that no one wants. As things stand Iraq is not exactly a realm of peace and security at the moment. The district that Turkey is itching to invade is one of the more peaceful districts of Iraq and any action by Turkey on it could well start off a chain reaction that will be hard to stop. Either the United states or the Iraqi government must act now before it is too late. The Untied states must make it clear to Turkey that if Turkey were to start any incursions into the sovereign territory of Iraq, it will view it as an act of invasion and take what ever action is needed to be taken to counter such a move. one can only hope that patriotism aside that Turkey is listening!

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Iran hardens its stance in the Nuclear issue!

Iran has hardened its stance in the Nuclear issue with having appointed a hardliner as the new chief nuclear negotiator. The president of Iran, Mahmoud Ahmadinejad accepted the resignation of the last nuclear negotiator and has appointed a hardliner in his place. Things may start to get a bit sticky as the Untied states increases pressure on Iran by way of more sanctions. At the moment, Russia who has invested a lot in Iran is currently objecting to any further sanctions on Iran. But this will change as soon as Russia sees that Iran is not serious of backing off the 'Nuclear quest' and that all this talk has been more of a way of buying time than accomplishing anything concrete. Things are going to come to a boil sooner or later regarding Iran. Bush has certainly not helped matters along by linking a Nuclear Iran with World war 3!

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Bush calls for World war 3 ?!?

After presenting the Dalai lama with the highest civilian honor that the United states can bestow on a foreigner, President Bush made a call for World war 3. Sounds shocking, does it not? One would think that George Bush would have at least learned by now to exercise some sense of control over his mouth. But that day has not come of yet. At a recent press conference, Bush told the reporters that if the other countries wanted to avoid World war 3, then they would have to make sure that Iran does not get the knowledge to build Nuclear weapons. He went on further to add that the Iranian head is a person who is determined to destroy the Israeli's and that if the other countries fail to prevent Iran from acquiring that 'Nuclear know how' then it may very well result in World war 3.
Such irresponsible statements from the most powerful head of state on this planet is not what we need. As things stand, we already have one war too many on our plates and now he is talking of a Global war?? How seriously should we take him at his word. Well,ladies and gentlemen, I have to say that since it is George bush who said it, we will all have to take him very very seriously. And coming so soon after the meeting with the Dalai Lama, it is all in very bad taste. George Bush is a person who loves a fight and it seems that he is all determined to end his presidency with a big 'blow out', the kind that this world has not seen as of yet! God save us from megalomaniacs and pretenders to the throne!

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Bombed again - Iraq?

Today if someone told me that Iraq was bombed again, that bit of news would not really shock me. Truth be told, such news have become so common that for most of us, it would not even get a 'lift of the eyebrows'. We as humans are are the only species that is so capable of raining destruction on this level at its own species. Iraq has not seen peace and security since the regime of Saddam Hussein and that is something that we all have to accept one way or the other. True, he may have been a dictator of the worst kind, testing chemical weapons on his own citizens. But, Iraq enjoyed a state of peace and security under him that has not been seen since then.
Now with Turkey all set to invade Iraq under the pretext of dealing with Kurdish insurgents based in Iraq,things are bound to get even hotter. Of course, in this process, we can pretty much forget what little of peace and security that remains in Iraq today. The United states is doing its best to not let that happen, but that is not going to be easy especially as they already have a bit too much on their plates right now. Further more, Turkish soldiers are already present in Iraq today under the guise of making sure that peace and stability prevails in Iraq. Well, it seems that they have finally decided to rock the boat with the Turkish parliament voting overwhelmingly in favor of sending additional Turkish troops just to deal with the Kurdish insurgents. To Turkey they may be Kurdish insurgents, but to the rest of the world they are Iraqi citizens and as such, the rest of the world will view this as an invasion.
Who ever said that the Middle east is a hot place to live in, was obviously making an understatement. Recently there were a spate of car bombs, suicide bombers all directed at the Iraqi police and the security forces, but many innocent Iraqi's died in the process. More innocent Iraqi blood was spilled. Is it any wonder that many Iraqi's are fleeing Iraq to neighbouring provinces? When the question of life itself is held in doubt, one would most definitely would not want to be living there any more. But the sad truth of all this is that Iraq is being torn apart by terrorist activities against the Iraqi security forces as well as sectarian violence. And things are only being made worse by American apathy. If the United states were to withdraw right now, things would only get a whole deal worse. Instead the United states should bring in the United nations peace keepers and make sure that peace an stability can reign once again in this bloody land and that every citizen can live in peace and harmony. I know that is easier said than done, but that is the right method to deal with the Iraq situation.

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