Little wonder Iran might be seeking a nuclear back up that could help thwart any more interference in its affairs. For all the ‘devilish’ rhetoric from the ayatollah’s (not too dissimilar to the rhetoric from the U.S.) Iran has been very pragmatic in its relations with other countries including Israel and the U.S. (aiding them both and receiving aid from both during critical times in the Iran-Iraq war and the current ‘war on terror’). It is no more a threat than Canada is. I would argue that Canada is more of a threat, as its support of Israeli and U.S. actions in the Middle East make it complicit of the same war crimes that they perpetuate.

Yes, we are being distracted — distracted from the horrible record of Israeli international crimes in Gaza, the West Bank, Lebanon, and perhaps soon in Iran. The international community,  except for Canada seemingly — oh yeah, I forgot the OECD; okay, the community and not the elites — are less and less distracted from the international crimes perpetrated by Israel on the Palestinian people. That is the real threat to Israel: that it is finally being seen for the non-democratic militarized society that it is, without respect for other people and other religions (including ironically Harper’s Christianity).

Iran is the distraction – Israel is the issue

The real threat is Israeli military power and occupation of the Palestinian homeland and its overwhelming military predominance. The real threat is the U.S. drive to hegemonic power, not as boldly stated with the neocons, but still alive and well in U.S. security endeavours, and the U.S. desire to be the unilateral boss of the world. The real threat is the U.S. unequivocal support of Israel in order to gain a few votes and keep the military industry alive and well. The real threat is not Iran, and Netanyahu well knows that. The real threat is the world discovering belatedly the true intentions of the Zionists and their desire for an ethnically clean homeland, and the willingness to get there using any means possible.

Netanyahu knows well that he can control the U.S. political scene and is now working on controlling the Canadian political scene. The next few days will see how well he can do that within the Canadian government and media.

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[1] Mark Regev. “Israel comes to Canada looking for ‘validation’ ,” Friday, May 28, 2010. Globe and Mail.

http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/world/africa-mideast/israel-comes-to-canada-looking-for-validation/article1583869/

[2] Douglas Todd. “Why Steven Harper keeps his evangelical faith very private,” September 10, 2008. Vancouver Sun.

http://communities.canada.com/vancouversun/blogs/thesearch/archive/2008/09/10/why-stephen-harper-keeps-his-evangelicalism-very-private.aspx