Abunwasi
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- Jun 25, 2009
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ANSWER: Billions and BILLIONS of dollars of oil revenue at stake and US ambition to remain No. 1 World leader in terms of economic
prowess, military power and political influence.
Iran would like to use that money to develop their population. In fact, they HAD it, in 1953. The world was good. Iran has oil, HUGE potential revenues coming in, and a NEW democratically elected PM. British Petroleum had a good cut out of the petrol revenue.
They dredged the harbors, built a few oil terminals and in their greed to get more and the resistance from the then PM forced them to approached the US through CIA to depose the Iranian PM
.
In response to BP request, the CIA deposed the Iranian PM. This they did, and put in place the Shah of Iran.
The Shah in turn reopened all the oil contracts, and the winners of these contracts were BP and the US.
The problem was the Shah, He was a control freak and had 30,000 of his enemies tortured by the state security services,
called SAVAK. Many of them died. Iran also didn’t have a lot of money - because BP and Shell had to take a huge cut
[To recover the coup costs???].
In response to this, the Iranian people went to the only people that the Shah hadn’t killed - the mullahs.
The mullahs deposed the Shah, and rebelled. They put into power their own, and - just to keep the American fleet off them -
Iranians just want to be left alone, and to export their oil but the US just does not want to leave them alone.
Looking at the issue in purely Realpolitiks manner, US stand is understandable because the lust of Iranian oil and its strategic importance, it is not in their national interest to leave Iran alone.
United States is an undisputed super power and despite various emerging competitors it wants to remain that throughout 21st century. US military strategists and policy makers believe they can actually pull this off, but will require enormous effort to reshape the world. US is leader in 3 areas and safeguarding it could maintain American power; -.
US financial and economic system is dominant, therefore control of capital and trading routes is required for 21st century leadership.
US military is dominant military, therefore controlling, encirclement and hammering of potential rival militaries is required for 21st century leadership.
US ideology is dominant ideology, therefore spread of western liberalism and eradication of rival ideologies is required for 21st century leadership. Based on these principle the foreign policy makers have forged the following objectives for US military for 21st century; - 1. Militarily containment and encirclement of China and Russia;
2. Control of global maritime trade routes, particularly choke points (e.g. South China Sea, Strait of Malacca, Gibraltar).
3. Destruction of Islam as a political ideology (particularly Sunni Islam).
4. Prevention of nuclear proliferation, and de-nuclearization of adversaries.
5. Protection and security of Israel.
6. Reshaping of greater middle east.
Iran on another hand ticks too many boxes for US to just leave them alone. Going through some reasons being: -
1. Iran is a strategically very important ally of Russia which have helped Russia spreading it’s influence in middle east
way outside of Russian neighborhood.
2. China too wants to establish its own military presence in Arabian Sea and Persian Gulf to secure its oil supply, and Iran
at Strait of Hormuz is a dangerous mix.
Even though US is more worried about Sunni Islamism, but also worries if Iran’s potential export of its political ideology can
create issues in future.
US also wants to make sure that Iran does not become nuclear power ever, and Iran is hostile to Israel and sits in midst of middle-east which US wants to re-shape.
US wants to create 2 independent ethnic countries in the region, Kurdistan and Baluchistan. Both will require Iran to be carved to accommodate them. US have capacity to wreak havoc on Iran directly, but attrition on US dominance will be significant and not in their best interest. US policy makers believe they can achieve their objectives with Iran in 2 phases;
1. Iran will be forced dismantled its regional military dominance including its proxy war fighting capabilities and ballistic missile
program under threat of war[Once Iran’s military power is contained];
2. US will arm,fund and organize proxy militant groups& proxy civil movements to attain those objectives.
Right now, US is carefully deploying its propaganda machinery to create a bluff that US might go to war, to scare Iranian gov to agree to a new Iranian deal. US wants to keep Iran under threat of war, and at the same time use Iranian threat to create panic in Arab world and reshape entire greater middle east from Turkey to Pakistan to Yemen both ideologically and physically.
prowess, military power and political influence.
Iran would like to use that money to develop their population. In fact, they HAD it, in 1953. The world was good. Iran has oil, HUGE potential revenues coming in, and a NEW democratically elected PM. British Petroleum had a good cut out of the petrol revenue.
They dredged the harbors, built a few oil terminals and in their greed to get more and the resistance from the then PM forced them to approached the US through CIA to depose the Iranian PM
.
In response to BP request, the CIA deposed the Iranian PM. This they did, and put in place the Shah of Iran.
The Shah in turn reopened all the oil contracts, and the winners of these contracts were BP and the US.
The problem was the Shah, He was a control freak and had 30,000 of his enemies tortured by the state security services,
called SAVAK. Many of them died. Iran also didn’t have a lot of money - because BP and Shell had to take a huge cut
[To recover the coup costs???].
In response to this, the Iranian people went to the only people that the Shah hadn’t killed - the mullahs.
The mullahs deposed the Shah, and rebelled. They put into power their own, and - just to keep the American fleet off them -
Iranians just want to be left alone, and to export their oil but the US just does not want to leave them alone.
Looking at the issue in purely Realpolitiks manner, US stand is understandable because the lust of Iranian oil and its strategic importance, it is not in their national interest to leave Iran alone.
United States is an undisputed super power and despite various emerging competitors it wants to remain that throughout 21st century. US military strategists and policy makers believe they can actually pull this off, but will require enormous effort to reshape the world. US is leader in 3 areas and safeguarding it could maintain American power; -.
US financial and economic system is dominant, therefore control of capital and trading routes is required for 21st century leadership.
US military is dominant military, therefore controlling, encirclement and hammering of potential rival militaries is required for 21st century leadership.
US ideology is dominant ideology, therefore spread of western liberalism and eradication of rival ideologies is required for 21st century leadership. Based on these principle the foreign policy makers have forged the following objectives for US military for 21st century; - 1. Militarily containment and encirclement of China and Russia;
2. Control of global maritime trade routes, particularly choke points (e.g. South China Sea, Strait of Malacca, Gibraltar).
3. Destruction of Islam as a political ideology (particularly Sunni Islam).
4. Prevention of nuclear proliferation, and de-nuclearization of adversaries.
5. Protection and security of Israel.
6. Reshaping of greater middle east.
Iran on another hand ticks too many boxes for US to just leave them alone. Going through some reasons being: -
1. Iran is a strategically very important ally of Russia which have helped Russia spreading it’s influence in middle east
way outside of Russian neighborhood.
2. China too wants to establish its own military presence in Arabian Sea and Persian Gulf to secure its oil supply, and Iran
at Strait of Hormuz is a dangerous mix.
Even though US is more worried about Sunni Islamism, but also worries if Iran’s potential export of its political ideology can
create issues in future.
US also wants to make sure that Iran does not become nuclear power ever, and Iran is hostile to Israel and sits in midst of middle-east which US wants to re-shape.
US wants to create 2 independent ethnic countries in the region, Kurdistan and Baluchistan. Both will require Iran to be carved to accommodate them. US have capacity to wreak havoc on Iran directly, but attrition on US dominance will be significant and not in their best interest. US policy makers believe they can achieve their objectives with Iran in 2 phases;
1. Iran will be forced dismantled its regional military dominance including its proxy war fighting capabilities and ballistic missile
program under threat of war[Once Iran’s military power is contained];
2. US will arm,fund and organize proxy militant groups& proxy civil movements to attain those objectives.
Right now, US is carefully deploying its propaganda machinery to create a bluff that US might go to war, to scare Iranian gov to agree to a new Iranian deal. US wants to keep Iran under threat of war, and at the same time use Iranian threat to create panic in Arab world and reshape entire greater middle east from Turkey to Pakistan to Yemen both ideologically and physically.