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Stress in the Strait: ‘Any false move can lead to catastrophe’

December 31, 2011 04:46

As the closure of Strait of Hormuz would likely suit the interests neither of the US nor of Iran, the editor of Consortium News, Robert Parry, believes the US is pushing for a large-scale war against Tehran.

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Samson (unregistered) 03.01.2012 17:10

Don wrote in #8
Russia, you need to step up here.Do you really want to see another Iraq, Lybia, or Afgahanistan.Another US run client state on your door step. You need to stand up for Iran and their peoples right to live as they see fit.Who will be next ...You? Stupidity of some red-neck Americans are beyond imagination , mentality of foolish politician it isn't better than some of Spymasters, remember innocent Persian Airbus passenger were killed , did the commander apologised or explained the reason for stupidity , this is time that American Should rise up and send the warmongers to the front of battle, then they would realise truth about war , and Russian should honour of selling S300 to the Persian as they have signed the contract and received the payment , there is no longer time to fool the public for Green Band creation to prevent invasion of communism to the Persian Gulf.nevertheless some of Persian Golf Countries behaving like a Rent boys to america and sending battleships like the Pimps protecting their income.There have never been wining in the war , all outcome is the same . this is wake up call to all Humanity .

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art 01.01.2012 21:19

=> Jay://.. the people initiating these wars do not belong to any sovereign nation.. they are not American. They are not Canadian. They are not Isreali. Simply put, they are the owners of international corporations.//
= > Jim Evans:
//Jay ...I agree that the global elite are free of the control of national governments but so are the religious orders and business corporations and financial markets and the media as well.//Yes to both. We need to also understand that even the mega multinational corporations' traditional power configuration has drastically changed. Corporations' "vales" are not based on 'technology platforms', 'patents', 'assets', 'size', 'prestige', etc. anymore. All of their 'worth' has been tactfully reduced to their stock market values. Stock market values are "perceptions" and not real. They can be manipulated externally and huge corporations (if not play the game) destroyed over night. Who can destroy them? The creators of the the perceptions. Our moneys (Dollar and Euro) are not real (only 3% of all moneys in circulation is in the form of bills and the rest digital numbers in computers), but the value perceptions we have been guided to believe they have. Huge international corporations would look like expensive vehicles which can be rendered useless overnight if the high ways and roads are closed on them. High ways and roads are the international banking and trade systems, which have been meticulously created and totally run by the Judaized Khazarians. Once you equip yourself with acumen of identifying them, then you know is running the game.

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art 01.01.2012 20:44

RT: 'Why would Iranians want to shut down the strait and shoot themselves in the foot?'
Iran has never threatened to do that (closing the strait as a proactive/aggressive measure). Iran has threatened IF its oil export becomes impossible as a result of EU/US oil embargo, THEN Iran CAN resort to its other options like shutting down the strait (which is defensive and even narrowly within its legal rights).  Why would NAIC's rep. who most likely reads Persian falls for such a mute question?

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John Ellis 01.01.2012 02:38

RON PAUL --- PRESIDENT OzzieThinker
“Now that the corporate sponsored and manufactured OWS
has split at the seams, do not be surprised if there is civil war
IN THE USA if... Ron Paul doesn't get up (to the White House).” Yes, without Ron Paul in the White House, the rise and fall of Empire USA will be on Obama’s watch. As for the Occupy Wall Street movement, those protesters are small in number as they are only the unemployed among the educated middle-class. And though the lower half of society is the impoverished laboring-class and would be most willing to join if asked, this has not happened. For the Occupy movement is locked in darkness with the illusion that its the 1% rich against society, when its the 51% most educated and wealthy always voting in a way that best enslaves the laboring-class lower half.

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EARTHMAN911 01.01.2012 02:19

All of this is a mere distraction. Th ere are many monsters stalking the people of the earth, but one is the most evil and virulent. Islam. One of my fantasies is the Israeli's will grow a pair and begin nuking Egypt, Syria and only stop at the border of India. (We won't tell them that the wind blows from the direction of Egypt) Then, perhaps the Europeans and the Americans will have the good sense to round up and expell all Muslims and send them to an improved Saudi Arabia. 

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John Ellis 01.01.2012 02:13

TIME TO SAVE OUR WORLD --- HAS IT COME AND GONE? Nay Lin Maung
For our native lands, I... will never regret to fight the
last (and final) war in Asia to end foreign country’s
aggressive in our Asian soil. God will be with me... to
fight to the end to have lasting peace in Asia. Yes, but there is a possibility that for the vast majority who love the darkness, for them the time to run for daylight has come and gone. For this world has only one purpose that I can see, to reach the ultimate conclusion of evil. As it is written, “The LORD saw how great man’s wickedness on the earth had become, and that every inclination of the thoughts of his heart was only evil all the time. The LORD was grieved that he had made man on the earth, and his heart was filled with pain.” Genesis 6:5 “The logic being that planet earth is a wasteland of meaningless fiction, and though the Creator is in submission, not by choice. For he does it so that through his subjection, during that time, full trust in him be established. For then the Creator will be set free from being enslaved by such corruption, and we shall have the liberty and glory of being the children of God. “For it is self-evident that, with all of us, the Creator laments and suffers the same agony to this very day.” Romans 8:20

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OzzieThinker 01.01.2012 01:44

No wonder the west will be willing to "renegotiate" sanctions with Iran - formally or informally. I guess the Iranians have called US/Israel bluff sanctioning the 'Strait of Hormuz' heel. Hmmm, what's red China's role in this. Do do they take the Jew bet as Iran's "prefered trading partner? I noticed nothing was mentioned about Russian or Ron Paul. The commentator neglected to mention. on face value, the good doctor seems to be saying "FU Israel and your stinkin' zionist conquests" - er said in the least hostile, non-racist, pro-semitic tone possible. On a side note, now the corporate sponsored and manufactured OWS has split at the seams, do not be surprised if there is civil war IN THE USA if the dreaded Dr Ron Paul doesn't get up. The sheeple, in my opinion have started to wake up to the fact the political books are cooked and are about to turn into jackals.

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John Ellis 01.01.2012 01:37

DARKNESS --- ILLUSION OF GOOD HIDING EVIL Jim Evans
“I agree that the global elite are free of the control of national
governments They can control us by using their global political
and economic power, but our national politicians are powerless
against global elites, and so are we "voters" in national elections.” Quite the reverse, for in every democracy there is, the voting majority is the 51% most educated and wealthy, they always hoard all the wealth and power, they always enslave the lower half of society, and they allow the global elite to have some control only if it is in their financial interest.

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John Ellis 01.01.2012 01:15

ONE MAN’S PRISON --- ANOTHER MAN’S FREEDOM David Grayling
“What a sick world we live in. We have another year to
survive while we wait for nuclear war or perhaps a virus
attack that will kill a whole population. We have the infantile
spectacle of watching the Americans elect another boofhead...” John Ellis
What a great world this is, most challenging and invigorating with real change we can believe in. What with our only purpose for life being to reach the ultimate conclusion of misery and things criminal, a point in time when all things turn toward the good, last year with the help of WikiLeaks and Bradley Manning we saw exposed a massive amount of crime and corruption being done among the rich and powerful. And with global war but a heartbeat away, our new year will surely take us a quantum leap into unknown darkness most deceitful and corrupt, where neither the mind of man nor angel has ever gone before. “The logic being that planet earth is a wasteland of meaningless fiction...”

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Nay Lin Maung 01.01.2012 00:34

For our native lands, I [Nay Lin Maung] will never regret to fight for the last war in the Asia to end foreign countries aggressive in our Asia soil.

God will be with me [Nay Lin Maung] to fight to the end for having longer peace in the Asia.




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Nay Lin Maung 01.01.2012 00:30

There is last war to fight in the soil of the Asia.

Without last war to fight in the Asia soil, there will not be peace in the Asia and not economic development around many region in the Asia.

We can fight the war now. We will have longer peace.

We can not fight the war now. We will have longer war to fight.

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John Ellis 31.12.2011 23:13

WHICH IS BEST --- Democracy --- Socialism --- Moralism DEMOCRACY
The 51% most educated and wealthy hoarding all the wealth and enslaving the laboring-class lower half of society. SOCIALISM
The 40% educated middle-class hoarding all the wealth and enslaving both the 10% most wealthy and the laboring-class lower half of society. MORALISM
The 25% most wealthy not be allowed to vote, hold public office or have any involvement in politics. This will allow the impoverished lower half of society to have a full half of the vote and 50 percent control of government.

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Corky2012 31.12.2011 22:50

Anti USA NATO wrote in #13
Enough is enough ! the Zionist and the imperialist USA can go to hell ! these thugs murdering nations will had their time coming. Lets there be a WW3 if USA Israel and Nato want an all out war with Iran China and Russia then bring it on ! 
We will fight until the last soldier, the last man woman and child to bring down these evil nations that been stirring up the world for decades. It is they who manipulate and control the world whatever they want to. It is they who bring up tensions among men and nations ! So if they want WW3 Then let them have it.. This will be the last war of the human kind the war to end all wars. Because once we get rid of these crazy bastar*s humanity can live in peace again.

Nato USA = Crimes Against Humanity.
The Great War (AKA ww1) was supposed to end all wars. And look what it lead to.Nobody wants a WW3 except Arms Dealers.If this descends into ww3 the USA will probably come out on top.They have one of the most aggressive military actions in the world.
The only reason Russia is able to oppose them is because they have a massive amount of reserve troops and a shed load of missiles.China only opposes them because they can field well over 200,000,000 soldiers in the event of war.
If WW3 breaks out it will lead to the destruction of humanity.

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maes 31.12.2011 22:16

west bluffed to prevent oil import from iran and iran bluffed to block the strait.it's fair!

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Jim Evans 31.12.2011 21:08

Jay...I agree that the global elite are free of the control of national governments but so are the religious orders and business corporations and financial markets and the media as well.
They can control us by using their global political and economic power...... but our national politicians are powerless against global elites....and so are we "voters" in national elections.........th is is the challenge in the 21st century......are we global peasants or can we find new ways to empower ourselves?.

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justnfree 31.12.2011 20:57

Why should Iran need to answer for the nuclear weapon program that it doesn't have? Why we are keep hearing that world wants Iran to stop its peaceful nuclear program while non-aligned movement and G77 (more than 130 countries) supported Iran's peaceful nuclear program. US and its Nato puppets are only small part of the world and their elite ruling class are not really speaking on behalf of people.
If it comes to war, Iran will put everything in front, (One way or another they should do it sooner or later, Because those bloodsucking hyenas are just waiting for and opportunity) They did it once against Saddam backed by 35 countries, they will do it again, But would US do the same for Israel's paranoia? Is the world ready to do that also for Israel? (I mean real world not Nato) Is China, Russia and many other countries are ready to see their hundreds of billions of dollar investment and their future economic plans for the country are going to blow up by Nato, because of Israel?

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John Ellis 31.12.2011 18:56

Empire USA --- Not ruled by Americans? Jay
“the people initiating these wars... they are not American.
They are not Canadian. They are not Israelis. Simply put,
they are the owners of international corporations.” In the Western world, all nations of European ancestry, the richest of the rich in each nation has absolute rule over that nation. Yes multinational corporations are allowed to invest in a foreign nation, but only on the understanding that if they displease the homeland High Society they be closed down. Take care, for the rich nobility of the Western world are completely hidden from the public view, they owning all of mainstream media and this is how they are able to own 80% of the wealth.

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John Ellis 31.12.2011 18:40

Robert Parry --- CIA propaganda generator What a satanic and ungodly man this Robert Parry truly is, surely and RT News should have forewarned the readers that most stupid news-fiction was about to stress their emotional guts. Robert Parry
“you have an Iranian government that is increasingly unpopular at home...” TRUTH
No, Iran has sustained a good economy compared to a bad to bankrupt economy for all the Western capitalist nations. Robert Parry
“Closing the Strait of Hormuz for the Iranian government would be the
equivalent of cutting off its nose to spite its face...” TRUTH
No, for it the West has the right to put sanctions on Iran, then the same right has Iran. For Iran allowing Western ships to sail in its territorial waters has always been a free gift that the West should feel grateful for, instead they now are so arrogant and ingrate as to claim ownership rights that would totally destroy all of Iran’s right to have sovereign territory. Robert Parry
“When you don’t have direct channels of communication... can take
actions that might not be in accordance even with your own interests.” TRUTH
No, for Empire USA wants only a dictator-slave relationship with Iran, a we command and you obey dictatorship over Iran. Its like asking the family of a murdered father to allow his family to be tormented by the murder by calls at all hours of the day and night.

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