What the world needs is peace and leaders of goodwill, not a new imperialism and belligerent leaders of belicose countries. The experience of recent history is that the attack of one country by another is decreasingly a win-win possibility. War is increasingly unwise and too costly at the end of the day. War may enrich individuals and corporations but it impoverishes countries. Military superiority no longer conveys the advantage that it did in the past. Victory and defeat have lost their essence, meaning, and value. War without end is the new normal. Paneta is well aware of this reality. He has done his job. He has warned against military strike on Iran. Will "they" listen is once again the question.
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From: usaafricadialogue@googlegroups.com [usaafricadialogue@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of Emeagwali, Gloria (History) [emeagwali@mail.ccsu.edu]
Sent: Friday, November 11, 2011 6:04 PM
To: usaafricadialogue@googlegroups.com
Subject: RE: USA Africa Dialogue Series - Re: Paneta Warns Against Military Strike Against Iran
One of the unintended consequences of hitting Iran's nuclear
facilities could be the radioactive fallout enveloping the area in a
nuclear fog....and this could affect a lot of innocent Iranians, who
have no part to play in the ideals of nuclear terror.
True. Maybe the Iranians can pay Cheney's former firm Blackwater to do the clean up.
Come to think of it, an unihabitable and underpopulated MiddleEast will be great for Big Oil.
They can have it all....and Obama would have an oil tanker named after him.
Dr. Gloria Emeagwali
Prof. of History & African Studies
History Department
Central Connecticut State University
New Britain
CT 06050
www.africahistory.net
www.esnips.com/web/GloriaEmeagwali
emeagwali@ccsu.edu
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From: usaafricadialogue@googlegroups.com [usaafricadialogue@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of Cornelius Hamelberg [corneliushamelberg@gmail.com]
Sent: Friday, November 11, 2011 9:53 AM
To: USA Africa Dialogue Series
Subject: USA Africa Dialogue Series - Re: Paneta Warns Against Military Strike Against Iran
One of the unintended consequences of hitting Iran's nuclear
facilities could be the radioactive fallout enveloping the area in a
nuclear fog....and this could affect a lot of innocent Iranians, who
have no part to play in the ideals of nuclear terror.
The bigger question is what would be the consequence of not doing
anything?
Some of the consequences of inaction are spelled out here in the
alarming updates on the approaching inevitable showdown between Iran
and those united in faith against an Iranian bomb, which all things
considered ought to be feared...
http://www.dailyalert.org/archive/2011-11/2011-11-11.html
On Nov 11, 4:29 am, Abdul Karim Bangura <th...@earthlink.net> wrote:
> Panetta warns on Iran strike consequencesUS defence chief cautions on regional fallout from any military strike against Iran.
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> Last Modified:11 Nov 2011 01:46
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> Panetta says a strike on Iran will only delay its nuclear programme [EPA]
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> US Defence Secretary Leon Panetta has warned that military action against Iran could lead to "unintended consequences" for the region.
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> "You've got to be careful of unintended consequences here," Panetta told reporters at a Pentagon press conference on Thursday.
> His comments came only hours after Tehran itself warned that any attack on its nuclear sites would be met with "iron fists."
> Panetta, who in July succeeded Robert Gates in the Pentagon's top post, said his assessment is in line with his predecessor's.
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> He maintained that a strike on Iran might fail to deter Iran "from what they want to do" and would only delay its controversial nuclear programme.
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> "But more importantly, it could have a serious impact in the region, and it could have a serious impact on US forces in the region," he said. "And I think all of those things, you know, need to be carefully considered."
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> 'Toughest sanctions'
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> Panetta stressed instead on US efforts to win tougher sanctions against Tehran.
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> "It is important for us to make sure we apply the toughest sanctions -- economic, diplomatic pressures -- on Iran to change their behaviour," he said.
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> "And we are in discussions with our allies with regards to additional sanctions that ought to be placed on Iran."
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> The European Union may approve fresh sanctions against Iran within weeks, after a UN agency said Tehran had worked to design nuclear bombs, EU diplomats said on Thursday.
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> EU sanctions would be a significant part of Western efforts to ratchet up pressure on Tehran. Western governments would prefer UN Security Council measures against Tehran, but Russia and China, both permanent UN Security Council members with veto power, are opposed.
> Tensions over Tehran's nuclear programme were re-ignited on Tuesday when a report by the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA), said Iran had worked on designing a bomb and that research to that end may be on-going.
> Israel exacerbated speculation of a strike against Iran after last week'stesting of a ballistic missilecapable of traveling the 6,437 kilometres to Iran.
> Israel's first test-fire of a missile in three years came after Israeli media speculation alleging Benyamin Netanyahu, the Israeli prime minister, and Ehud Barak, defence minister, of planning a strike against Iran's nuclear facilities.
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> Iran has warned that it will respond to any attacks by hitting Israel and US interests in the Gulf.
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> "Our enemies, particularly the Zionist regime (Israel), America and its allies, should know that any kind of threat and attack or even thinking about any (military) action will be firmly responded to," Iran's Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei said on state television.
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