FLASH
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Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini has stated that the great goal is the "unification" of the Islamic community and the formation of a vast Islamic state that would then conquer the world...
The war has spread like wildfire. First in Ukraine and now in the Middle East as the world looks on in horror. Now it becomes increasingly difficult to tell the good from the bad, as we are forced to look at the disgusting sight of ordinary people and especially children, killed or crying in the rubble.
However, despite the anxiety, we must be clear about the source of this calamity. Ordinary Iranians in particular knew in their hearts, from the moment we learned of the Hamas attack on October 7th, that it could be directly traced to the regime that calls itself an "Islamic Republic", led by a busy supreme leader by following a special and evil agenda of his own.
Inciting opinion against Israel and exploiting the grief of millions of people around the world are part of the ploy to disengage the world from the involvement of the Iranian regime. Hysterical reports viewed by a wide and unquestioning public convey a simplistic message: Israel is ultimately to blame for the carnage.
But we need to analyze the narrative of the commentators and distinguish between hard-line politics and a sense of humanity. When certain people criticize the Israelis for killing civilians, but take a silent stance on Hamas doing the same, we clearly cannot take their humanitarian reasoning into account.
There is an obvious contradiction there, rooted in ideology. Of course, they can cite relevant casualty numbers, as Iran's Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei did shortly after the initial attack. Sure, he said, some civilians had died – but consider how many people the Israelis have killed in the past, he declared to his followers in Tehran.
But can you "measure" good and bad with numbers? More Palestinians have died, of course, from Israeli firepower. If Hamas had the same weapons, how many would it have killed by now? Would he refrain from killing as much as he could? Haven't his clients in Tehran for decades expressed a desire to "wipe Israel off the map"?
The UN's blind spot
Many Western media outlets, including those not unduly hostile to Israel, see the root of this particular war in the long occupation of Palestinian lands and the harsh conditions Israel has imposed on Palestinians. In general, this was the position of UN Secretary General António Guterres in recent statements.
But did the October 7 attack, with its marked ferocity, fuel the bitter conflict over land that has lasted more than half a century? Rather, we must attribute it to more recent developments, particularly the decision of several Arab states to recognize and establish diplomatic ties with Israel. They seemed to have concluded that denying the existence of Israel no longer served their own sovereign and business interests, or even the Palestinians.
Officially at least, these states had made the Palestinian cause a foreign policy axiom for decades - but that had gotten them nowhere. Permanent tensions are bad for economies; and indeed, an Iranian regime that cares little about the economy is the only regional state that sees benefits in violence. She has devoted decades to stirring up trouble wherever she can.
Lean on God
In the long run, it is pursuing its own project of spreading Islamism or the kind of pseudo-religious zealotry invented by the late revolutionary leader Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini. As Khomeini and his followers have said on several occasions, the great goal is to "unify" the Islamic community and form a vast Islamic state that would then conquer the world!
If you think these are just fantasizing and not to be taken seriously, it must be said that Iranians thought much the same before 1979. We too were wrong to reject his promises to establish an Islamic government. An obsessive vision of the Shah as our enemy turned us into pawns and pawns who helped Khomeini achieve his goal.
Those unfamiliar with or confused by the views of men like Khomeini and his successor, Khamenei, are bound to misinterpret their intentions and underestimate their resolve. However, as Khomeini told a delegation from Kuwait that visited Tehran shortly after the revolution, his aim to make the world "Islamic" was simply to follow the path of the Prophet Muhammad. He told his visitors that the prophet "was only a man, but he defeated his enemies with God's help," implying that Muslims could do similarly in modern times.
The powers of this world "are as nothing before God", declared the Ayatollah, saying that Muslims (believers) would "overcome everything" if they "rely on God".
Or, as he put it simply another time: "there's not a damn thing Americans can do about it." His statement became a favorite and oft-quoted slogan of the regime. However, the Islamists have relied more on extreme violence than their faith in God to achieve their goals.
Tears for Gaza
So, aside from the weapons and money that Tehran has funneled to groups like Hamas, perhaps its greatest contribution to this war is in the premise of inciting war, particularly with Israel, as a prelude to mobilizing Muslims for that larger goal. of global domination under the banner: "No God but God".
We must single out those who prefer war to diplomacy as a political tool.
Again, you might think that such words were the product of the zeal of the early revolutionary years. However, only recently, one of Iran's top air force officials said that he hoped these "traitors of our time" (the Israelis) would die soon to allow the "flag" of "Not God but to God" to fly over the world. If it wasn't a direct quote, it certainly followed the Khomeini style manual.
There is no war without civilian deaths and destruction of cities. Extreme suffering for civilians is a natural consequence of war. So, in looking for the culprits, we must single out those who prefer war to diplomacy or even bargaining as a policy tool. It makes almost no sense to blame the soldiers, since once war begins, brutality, killings and "excesses" are inevitable. But if you insist on doing so, you must first identify those who specifically target civilians, using them as shields or turning facilities like schools and hospitals into gun pits or trenches.
And what do we think of those Iranian leftists who have turned against Israel as usual? One can understand the logic of their unrelenting hostility to Israel during the Cold War as a member of the Western alliance, which they saw as a reactionary bloc against the "progress" of socialism. Today, however, refusing to let go of their past, some Iranian communists have decided to see Hamas, Islamic Jihad or Hezbollah as the new faces of global progress!
At best, it means repeating the mistake of millions of Iranians who refused, in the heady months of 1978, to see what Khomeini, Khomeinism, and Islamism were all about. At worst, this is to consciously embrace the brutal regime in Iran. / Adapted "Pamphlet" from "Worldcrunch"
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