It may be a new month, but it’s the same old Wall Street Journal trumpeting the latest US gambit designed to hide its real intentions toward Iran. Again it was in a front page feature story on June 1 headlined: “In Shift, U.S. Offers to Talk to Iran, Aiming to Bolster Allies’ Cohesion.” The WSJ is never up to explaining the real motive behind the latest ploy and instead falsely claims it’s “a nod to European allies’ desire to offer carrots as well as sticks to steer Iran away from its efforts to produce weapons-grade uranium.” So to achieve that supposed end, the US has now said it will join with the European-led “negotiations” currently ongoing and actually talk to the Iranians. One has to be impressed with such professed generosity, which, in fact, is just more barely disguised US audacity with a heavy dose of mendacity.
Aua nei fa'aseseina ma talitonu o se la'asaga moni lea i luma e mautinoa e leai. Ua na o se togafiti fou ma faʻataʻitaʻiga o le taufaasese a Amerika ua fuafuaina e faʻamalosia le lagolago i ana paaga Europa faʻapea foi ma le taumafai e faʻamaonia Saina ma Rusia e o mai i luga o le vaʻa. E foliga mai o le a latou faia ona o na atunuu e lua o le a tele mea e leiloa pe a latou malilie i le mea o loʻo i ai i le US, i le mea moni, e leai se mea e fai ma le aia faaletulafono a Iran e faʻatamaoaigaina ai le uranium mo lana polokalame faaniukilia faapisinisi. O le au Iranians o se saini i le Nuclear Nonproliferation Treaty (NPT) ma i lalo o ana tulafono o loʻo amio i le tausisia atoatoa ma le faia o lea mea e leai se eseesega nai lo isi atunuʻu uma na sainia ma i ai a latou lava mea faaniukilia mo le faʻaaogaina pisinisi.
O Faamoemoega Moni a Amerika ia Iran e leʻi lipotia i le Wall Street Journal ma le Toega o le Aufaasālalau Autasi Pulea.
Afai la o le taumafaiga lata mai faʻavaomalo, o le mea moni, o loʻo taoto i le taufaasese, o le a le faʻamoemoe moni a Amerika. O le auala sili e faʻamatalaina ai o le suʻesuʻeina o le taimi ua tuanaʻi ma faʻaalia pe faʻafefea ona natia e tagata lautele a le US ma faʻasalalauga ona mafuaʻaga moni ma fuafuaga e matua ese lava ae le o le agaga o le tipiloma. E le'i lipotia fo'i i luga o itulau o le WSJ po'o se isi nofoaga i le aufaasālalau a le US.
We need only revisit the run-up to the ongoing Iraq war (the same is true for Afghanistan) to see how the US used one ploy after another to move closer to its fixed plan to invade and occupy the country whatever Saddam was willing to agree to. So after Saddam bowed to virtually everything asked of him, it was to no avail. New demands replaced the old ones complied with until the bar was raised higher than Saddam could reach hard as he might try – to be able to prove a negative: that he had no so-called “weapons of mass destruction” which we knew at the time he didn’t and now everyone knows it. So just as the “now you see ’em, now you don’t WMDs” were not a casus belli to attack Iraq, so too US hostility toward Iran has nothing to do with the country’s supposed “nuclear threat.” In both cases, the issue was and is regime change and the US wanting control of both countries’ immense oil reserves.
One more example is how the US negotiated with Slobodon Milosovic in the run-up to the “shock and awe” assault against Serbia and Kosovo in 1999. While Saddam was accused of being a threat he couldn’t disprove, Milosovic was offered a final proposal he couldn’t accept – an ironic twist to how a local “Godfather” will make an offer that can’t be refused. It was the so-called Rambouillet accords of March, 1999, a take-it-or-leave-it offer that no sane or responsible leader would ever agree to. Had he done it, he’d have surrendered his country’s sovereignty to a NATO military occupation force that would have had the right to unimpeded access throughout the FRY including its airspace and territorial waters and use any area or facilities therein to support its operations. In addition, it would have had the right to do as it wished with no regard to the country’s laws and would require the FRY to adhere to NATO’s full authority. It was an offer deliberately designed to be rejected to give the US-led NATO force an excuse to attack, which it did in full force for 79 days, decimating the country, its infrastructure, its people and from which it’s yet to recover seven years later.
O le taua e leai se mea e fai i le manatu o Milosevic, ma o mea uma lava e fai i le malo o Amerika - ia talepeina le atunuu, aveese se taitai na musu e faatau atu le pule a lona malo, faatuina se militeri a Amerika i le itulagi ma faafaigofie le felauaiga o le malo. suauu ma kesi e ala i paipa e ui atu i le Balkans. E leʻi lipotia e le WSJ lenei mea ma e leʻi faia foi e le isi vaega o le aufaasālalau.
Ina ia ofoina atu le tapunia o le mataupu Milosevic, na lafoina e le WSJ se itulau pito i luma o le fa-laina faʻamatalaga i le Iuni 1 mai le Hague suʻesuʻega i lona maliu. I totonu, na fai mai na maliu o ia ona o se fatu fatu na mafua mai i le "ulaula ma le togafitia o ia lava," ae le o le teena e le UN ia te ia togafitiga i Rusia. E oo lava i le maliu, o le NATO na faia le kangaroo International Criminal Tribunal for the Former Yugoslavia (ICTY) na te le faatagaina o ia e malolo i le filemu ae na i lo lena na musu e faailoa lana lava matafaioi i le mafua ai o le maliu o Milosevic. O le faamasinoga lea na faia tulaga na atili ai ona leaga lona soifua maloloina, ona le mafai ai lea ona ia maua le aia tatau mo togafitiga faafomaʻi sa ia sailia ma manaʻomia. E manino lava na maliu Milosevic a le o le matua tuulafoaiina po o se mea e sili atu ona leaga.
O lea la e mafai nei ona tatou faʻavavevave i le taimi nei aʻo tuʻuina atu e le US lona mata faʻapitoa ia Iran lea o loʻo i luga o le faʻauluuluga o lana laina faʻatasi ma Venesuela e talanoaina i lalo. O le Wall Street Journal sa i ai i le taua atoa i le aso 1 o Iuni i luga o lona pito i luma ma le itulau faʻatonu o loʻo sasaa atu i mullahs a Iran ae e le o lagolagoina faapitoa taumafaiga a le pulega. O le itulau fa'atonu e fa'apitoa ma tiga e faitau se'i vagana ai i latou e fiafia i talitonuga i le itu taumatau e aunoa ma se tu'u atu i manatu e sili atu ona feololo. O aso nei o loʻo taʻua ai o le US "o loʻo i ai le tasi uiga lelei tele: faʻamutaina le tolu tausaga faʻafoliga e faapea o le EU 3 - Peretania, Farani ma Siamani - na i ai se avanoa e faʻaumatia ai manaʻoga faaniukilia a Iran." Ona faaauau ai lea ona fai mai "O le gaambit a Condi e mafai ona fesoasoani e faʻaalia ai le faʻamoemoe moni o Iran pe a musu e feutagaʻi ma le totoa." O tusitala tusitala a le Journal aemaise lava e le misia se avanoa e ave ai se swipe i le taʻitaʻiga a Iran, ma i totonu o lenei faʻasalalauga na sasaina ma se vaega atoa o latou. O loʻo oʻu faʻanoanoa pea i le aʻafiaga, ae ina ua latou toʻa filemu na latou faaopoopo mai: "Matou te manatu o le a aoga ia Mr. Burns (Failautusi Sili o le Setete o Amerika) pe afai e tatau ona ia feutagai ma lenei tagata maelega (Iranian President Ahmadinejad), vagana ai. o le Matagaluega atoa a le Setete e foliga mai e toetoe lava a maelega i le sailia o soʻo se ituaiga o fefaʻatauaiga."
E iai foʻi isi mea mai se tusitala tusitala o le Journal e leai se fiafia tele: “Atonu o le vaega pito sili ona faanoanoa o lenei tipiloma fou o le faailo o le a auina atu i le itu tetee i totonu o Iran. O le pulega e le lauiloa tele, ae o le a faʻaaogaina lenei faʻailoga a Amerika e faʻaalia ai ua maua ai le faʻaaloalogia o le lalolagi. O le a mana'omia ai fo'i le taofia e le Iunaite Setete o lana lagolago mo 'temokalasi' i totonu o le atunu'u… .. Matou te fa'amoemoe ua fa'ateteina e Mr. Bush lea ituaiga o 'fa'amalie.' Matou te faʻamoemoe foi, o le a ia faʻaauau pea ona tuʻuina atu le mamafa i mullahs e ala i le taofia o le faʻatupeina o le 'mataʻu' a Iran, ma le felauaiga i lalo o le Proliferation Security Initiative, pe a faʻamaonia. Latou te afifiina a latou osofaʻiga leaga e ala i le tuʻuaʻia o Iran (e leai se faʻamaoniga, ioe,) o se "faʻatauvaʻa faʻamalosi mo se auupega faaniukilia" ona fai ai lea o se tui mulimuli ia Ms. Rice fai mai afai e le manuia lana gaambit "o le a sili ona manuia. i le tuʻuina atu i mullahs le tele o le taimi e avea ai ma malosiaga faaniukilia faʻalavelave." E tatau ona ou manava.
The WSJ is accusing Iran of seeking to develop nuclear weapons and by implication an intent to use them. It hardly matters to its editorial writer that there is no evidence whatever Iran is doing anything illegal or that it ever suggested it intends to use a nuclear weapon if it ever had one. As stated above, Iran is in full compliance with NPT and is entirely within its legal right to pursue its commercial nuclear program. It’s uranium enrichment activities are no different than what all other countries are now doing that have their own commercial nuclear programs including India, Pakistan and Israel. Those countries are close US allies, they’ve all got illegal nuclear weapon stockpiles, they’re all in violation of NPT rules and haven’t signed the treaty, and the US has no fault to find with them. Double standards never get in the way of US foreign policy and are never mentioned on the pages of the Wall Street Journal. It’s also never mentioned that since Persia was renamed Iran in 1934, the country never initiated a hostile action against a neighbor or any other country. It fought a long and costly war against Iraq in the 1980s after Iraq began it and did so with strong US urging and support.
Ua le mafai foi ona lipotia e le Journal i aso nei e faapea, ua tele tausaga o sailia e Iran se faaleleiga ma le Iunaite Setete ma ua faia le tele o ofo o le faaleleiga e ausia ai. Na teena uma i latou e pei o le US talu mai le 1980s sa i ai se faiga faʻavae mausali o le teenaina o soʻo se tulaga masani o sootaga ma Iran ma e leʻi alu ese lava mai ai. I lena vaitaimi aemaise lava i lalo o le pulega a Bush, o le US e aunoa ma se fetuutuunaʻi e manaʻo i se isi lava mea nai lo le suiga o le pulega, o le iʻuga o se setete o Iranian Islam, ma le suiga o le atunuu i le tasi i lalo o le pulega a le US (e pei ona i lalo o le taʻutaʻua Shah mai. 1953 i le 1979) faʻatasi ai ma isi tagata gaosi suauʻu uma i Sasaʻe Tutotonu taua tele.
E te le aʻoaʻoina lava nai lo itulau o le Wall Street Journal, aemaise lava mai lona itu taumatau ita i le mafuaaga o le itulau faʻatonu. E te le iloa foi o le pulega a Bush ua uma ona saini i luga o se osofaʻiga "teʻi ma le ofo" faasaga ia Iran e faʻaaoga ai mea e taʻua o le "bunker-buster" mini-nukes na ou tusia muamua. Ua ou taʻua nei pomu faaniukilia malosi faʻapisinisi e leai se mea ae o le a faʻasalalauina le vevela oona i luga o se vaega tele e faʻatatau i le tele o ia mea e mafai ona faʻaaogaina e faasaga i soʻo se sini o loʻo mafaufau i ai le US pe a faʻalauiloa se osofaʻiga. Faʻavae i luga o le talosaga Rice 31 Me, e ono manaʻo le US e faʻatupu faʻatuputeleina le faʻasaga ia Iran e ala i le tuʻuina atu o faʻasalaga faigata tau tamaoaiga aʻo leʻi faia se osofaʻiga i se taimi mulimuli ane. E foliga mai o le a talia e le au Iran le faʻatonuga a le US ona e manaʻomia ai lo latou tuʻuina atu o latou aia faaletulafono e atiaʻe ai a latou polokalame faaniukilia faʻapisinisi lea na latou taʻua i le tele o taimi latou te le o faʻamoemoe e fai. E oʻo mai i le taimi nei o le tali a Iran e itiiti ifo nai lo le lelei ma o nisi o le atunuʻu ua taʻua o faʻasalalauga. Ou te manaʻo e taʻua o le a - o le isi Washington stunt poʻo le ulu faʻailoga ua mamanuina e faʻamalieina ai le pulega ae o le mea moni, o ona faʻamoemoega moni e le mafai ona suia.
I se faʻataʻitaʻiga tuai ia Iuni 2, o faifeau mai fafo o sui tumau e toʻalima o le UN Security Council faʻatasi ai ma le fonotaga a Siamani i Vienna na faʻaalia ai ua latou oʻo i se maliliega i luga o se (e leʻi faʻaalia) "aufaʻatasi o faʻamalosi" ia Iran pe afai e naunau. ia lafoai lana aia tatau (tulafono) e faatamaoaigaina ai le uranium mo lana polokalame faaniukilia faapisinisi. Na taʻua atili pe afai e musu Iran e faia (lea e mautinoa o le a faia), o le a faia e le Fono Puipuia nisi gaioiga (e le o taʻua).
O le a le isi mea e le o lipotia e le Wall Street Journal
E te le aʻoaʻoina foʻi e uiga i le "taua umi" a le Pentagon mai le WSJ e talitonu Uosigitone o le a pulea le isi 20 poʻo le 30 tausaga. Ua taʻua e le Pentagon o se taua a le militeri, tupe ma le va o malo i le lalolagi atoa e faasaga ia al-Qaida ma ana paaga o le a aafia ai le isi augatupulaga e pei ona faamatalaina e le "taua malulu" le pepe boomers. Na tuʻuina atu nei mea uma i lana Quadrennial Defense Review (QDR). O le avea lea ma vaega o le mea e taʻua e le pulega a Bush o se "taua i le lalolagi atoa i le mataʻutia" lea, i lona uiga, o se taua i luga o Islama. Ua faauigaina foi o se taua umi i le va o malosiaga o le malo ma le faatemokalasi faasaga i tagata faatupu faalavelave. O le mea moni, o le 20 poʻo le 30 tausaga le tele o fuafuaga a le malo mo le pulega a le US i le lalolagi atoa ina ia faʻamalosia ma le malosi o le militeri. O le fa'aaliga muamua na fa'amatalaina i le 1997 e le neoconservative Project for a New American Century (PNAC) lea ua avea nei ma faiga fa'avae.
O le fuafuaga a le PNAC na amata i Afghanistan ma Iraq, e foliga mai o le a sosoo ai ma se osofaiga tetee faasaga ia Iran, ma afai e le lava lena e mautinoa lava e aofia ai ma se taumafaiga lona fa e faateʻa ai le Peresetene Venezuela Hugo Chavez ma atonu o le Peresetene Bolivian Evo Morales faatasi ma ia. Na ou tusia ni auiliiliga e uiga i lenei mea muamua, ma a o ou mulimuli i mea na tutupu i Venesuela ma faalogo i le tautalaga vevesi mai ofisa maualuga i le pulega a Bush e sili atu ona manino se mea o loʻo faʻatupuina ma e mafai ona vave faʻaalia nai lo le manatu o se tasi.
Yesterday classes at the University of the Andes were suspended again as student disturbances and protests continued in Merida (in the country’s southwest) for the fourth straight business day. The Venezuelan daily, El Mundo, reported similar actions were taking place at other universities with a possible student national demonstration and march across the country to follow. Government officials called these actions a deliberate provocation to destabilize the country and do it to embarrass and discredit the Chavez government as it hosts the 141st Extraordinary OPEC Conference in Caracas from June 1 – 3. It likely is and with the US CIA the main instigator using Venezuela proxies to do its dirty work. It may also be further softening up and marshalling of the anti-Chavez forces preparatory to the US initiating its fourth coup attempt which this time may include a military assault and attempted assassination of Hugo Chavez and other close allies. Events unfolding now bear close watching, and the Chavez government must stay on high alert lest it let its guard down and fall prey to the certain coming US assault against it. The stakes are very high for the President and the people of Venezuela. It’s their right to preserve their glorious Bolivarian Revolution now in place and be able to see it grow, spread and be secure from any hostile action against it. This writer makes no pretense in my being in full support of that hope and dream.
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