IIPM EDITORIAL: Cold War II

The U.N. Charter outlaws “the threat or

use of force.” The US, which has chosen to become an outlaw state, openly disregards international laws and norms. We’re allowed to threaten anybody we want – and to attack anybody we want. Cold War II also Cold War II also entails an arms race. The United States is proposing a $20 billion arms sale to Saudi Arabia and other Gulf states, while increasing annual military aid to Israel by 30%, to $30 billion over 10 years. Egypt is down for a $14 billion, 10-year deal. The aim is to counter “what everyone in the region believes is a flexing of muscles by a more aggressive Iran,” says an unnamed senior U.S. government official. Iran’s “aggression” consists in its being welcomed within the region, and allegedly supporting resistance to US forces in neighboring Iraq. Unquestionably, Iran’s government is reprehensible. The prospect that Iran might develop nuclear weapons is deeply troubling. Though Iran has every right to develop nuclear energy, no one – including the majority of Iranians – wants it to have nuclear weapons.

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