US Attack on Iran: Before or After November Elections?

By Mohammed Khaku

ccun.org, September 15, 2008

As the presidential elections heads into final two month, Iraq, Afghanistan, Israel and Iran are the topic of debate for the candidates and the concerned of the voters. However, the drums of war against Iran are beating louder, due to Iran’s pursuit of nuclear technology. The question is will Bush administration strike Iran nuclear facilities before November elections or wait for the outcome of the elections and then decide to strike?
 
The failure of previous as well as Bush administration to forge a new relationship with Tehran after the overthrow of the shah and the birth of the Islamic Republic has been the biggest mistake of the United State foreign policy. And what seem clear is that McCain presidency will be no different because it is staffed by the same neo-cons and special interest group that pushed us into war against Iraq, with equal fervor, Bush administration is been pressing for war against Iran, demonizing Iran as a greatest threat to Israel and the entire world.
 
Sen. Obama has spoken of wanting to engage in a dialogue with Iran and seem to understand the necessity of rebuilding America’s Image with third world, and with the world of Islam in particular. He is surrounded by group of realistic advisor who understands that last eight years of Bush Administration has totally failed to forge the peace between Palestinians and Israelis and United State has failed to check Israel’s relentless grab of Palestinian land, siege of Gaza and provides four billion dollars a year of aid to Israel with no accountability and transparency.
 
Sen. Obama is willing to rethink and correct the neo-con argument that 9/11 was response of the extremism sector of Islam but, rather that the enrage response by the attacker of 9/11 was due to the hypocrisy and  double standard policies in the Middle East and of the US military bases in the Muslim world
 
On the contrary, far from eliminating terrorism the “Global War on Terror” has bred a new generation of militant. Saddam Hussein’s Iraq had nothing to do with 9/11 nor did it possessed weapons of mass destruction. But Israel and neo-cons saw it a potential threat to the exclusive Jewish state. A case was therefore made, on the basis of fraudulent inteligence to demonized Iraq, occupy and destroy the infrastructure in 2003. Millions of Iraqis have been killed and over four millions displaced from their homes or driven into exile, due to the neo-cons policy of war on terror.