tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-66228669387939012492024-03-04T23:14:57.461-08:00My Journal: We the AmericansMy America Journalhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12506562234214428100noreply@blogger.comBlogger62125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6622866938793901249.post-80152938239812295812013-07-05T10:20:00.003-07:002013-07-05T10:20:44.655-07:00The Persian Gulf Valley, Epic of Gilgamesh, The Flood<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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<span lang="EN" style="font-family: Times New Roman, serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">The <b>last glacial period</b> occurred from approximately 110,000 to
10,000 years ago. During this period the </span><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Last_Glacial_Maximum" rel="nofollow" title="Last Glacial Maximum"><span lang="EN" style="font-family: Times New Roman, serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">maximum extent</span></a><span lang="EN" style="font-family: Times New Roman, serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;"> of </span><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Glaciation" rel="nofollow" title="Glaciation"><span lang="EN" style="font-family: Times New Roman, serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">glaciation</span></a><span lang="EN" style="font-family: Times New Roman, serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;"> was approximately 22,000 years ago (</span><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Last_Glacial_Maximum" rel="nofollow" title="Last Glacial Maximum"><span lang="EN" style="font-family: Times New Roman, serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">Last Glacial Maximum</span></a><span lang="EN" style="font-family: Times New Roman, serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">). Local ice fields and small ice sheets capped the mountains
in</span><span lang="EN" style="font-family: Times New Roman, serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;"> </span><span lang="EN" style="font-family: Times New Roman, serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">the </span><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Caucasus" rel="nofollow" title="Caucasus"><span lang="EN" style="font-family: Times New Roman, serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">Caucasus</span></a><span lang="EN" style="font-family: Times New Roman, serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">, </span><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Turkey" rel="nofollow" title="Turkey"><span lang="EN" style="font-family: Times New Roman, serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">Turkey</span></a><span lang="EN" style="font-family: Times New Roman, serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;"> and </span><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Iran" rel="nofollow" title="Iran"><span lang="EN" style="font-family: Times New Roman, serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">Iran</span></a><span lang="EN" style="font-family: Times New Roman, serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">. </span><span style="color: #333333; font-family: Times New Roman, serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">During
the last glacial period, the sea level dropped by at least 120 meter below
today’s ocean level.</span><br />
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<a href="https://sites.google.com/site/saintmtraveler/home/persian-gulf-the-garden-of-eden-and-the-noah-s-flood/Pesian%20Gulf%201.jpg?attredirects=0" imageanchor="1"><img border="0" src="https://sites.google.com/site/saintmtraveler/_/rsrc/1372875417158/home/persian-gulf-the-garden-of-eden-and-the-noah-s-flood/Pesian%20Gulf%201.jpg" /></a></div>
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<span style="color: #333333; font-family: Times New Roman, serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">The
Persian Gulf has an average depth </span><span lang="EN" style="font-family: Times New Roman, serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">of 50 meters and a maximum depth of 90 meters. The Persian Gulf
stretches 989 kilometers from the present boundaries for Iran and Iraq to the
Gulf of Oman. At the narrowest width, Strait of Hormuz, it is about 56
kilometers wide. Thus, at the maximum glaciers period, the entire Persian Gulf
was above the Indian Ocean sea level. It was a dry shallow valley with several
small lakes at the lowest valley floors. </span><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">These
lakes received the waters of Arvand Rud, the river </span><span lang="EN" style="font-family: Times New Roman, serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">formed by <b>Kārun,</b> </span><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Euphrates" rel="nofollow" title="Euphrates"><span lang="EN" style="font-family: Times New Roman, serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">Euphrates</span></a><span lang="EN" style="font-family: Times New Roman, serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;"> and the </span><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tigris" rel="nofollow" title="Tigris"><span lang="EN" style="font-family: Times New Roman, serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">Tigris</span></a><span lang="EN" style="font-family: Times New Roman, serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">.</span><span lang="EN" style="font-family: Times New Roman, serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;"> </span><span style="font-family: Times New Roman, serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">The
following two pictures (a, b) show the hydro-physiography of Persian Gulf region
during 18,000 and 12,000 years ago. About 12000 years ago, the body of water
within the Persian Gulf valley and the Gulf of Oman had abridged the land
barrier and had made contact. The extent of the lake closest to the Strait of
Hormuz has increased into the shallow adjacent land (Figure b). </span><br />
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<a href="https://sites.google.com/site/saintmtraveler/home/persian-gulf-the-garden-of-eden-and-the-noah-s-flood/Persin%20Gulf.png?attredirects=0" imageanchor="1"><img border="0" height="320" src="https://sites.google.com/site/saintmtraveler/_/rsrc/1372875456668/home/persian-gulf-the-garden-of-eden-and-the-noah-s-flood/Persin%20Gulf.png?height=320&width=241" width="241" /></a></div>
Figures a and b: Persian Gulf Valley about 18,000
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<b><span lang="EN" style="font-family: Times New Roman, serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">The glacial retreat</span></b><span lang="EN" style="font-family: Times New Roman, serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;"> about 11,000 years ago had a profound effect on landscapes in many
areas that were covered by ice at the </span><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Last_Glacial_Maximum" rel="nofollow" title="Last Glacial Maximum"><span lang="EN" style="font-family: Times New Roman, serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">Last Glacial Maximum</span></a><span lang="EN" style="font-family: Times New Roman, serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">. As the glaciers melted, the ocean level slowly increased. In
addition, the increase flow of water from Karun by melting of ice on Zagros
Mountain, increase flow of Tigris and Euphrates rivers into the Persian Gulf
valley, the size of the local shallow lakes increase within the Persian Gulf
valley. The combined see level change and the expansion of the lakes broke the
soil dame at Hormuz causing intrusion of the ocean water into the Persian Gulf
valley. The Persian Gulf level steadily rose along with the ocean level (Figures
b, c and d) reaching to the today’s level by about 6000 years ago (Figure
d).</span><br />
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<a href="https://sites.google.com/site/saintmtraveler/home/persian-gulf-the-garden-of-eden-and-the-noah-s-flood/Persian%20Gulf%20c%20d.png?attredirects=0" imageanchor="1"><img border="0" height="320" src="https://sites.google.com/site/saintmtraveler/_/rsrc/1372875494031/home/persian-gulf-the-garden-of-eden-and-the-noah-s-flood/Persian%20Gulf%20c%20d.png?height=320&width=242" width="242" /></a></div>
Figures c and d: Persian Gulf Valley about 10,000
and 8,000 years ago.</div>
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<span style="font-family: Times New Roman, serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;"> </span><i style="font-size: 10pt; line-height: 1.5;"><span lang="EN" style="font-family: Times New Roman, serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">Epic of Gilgamesh</span></i><span lang="EN" style="font-family: Times New Roman, serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;"> has counterparts in the book of Genesis, notably in the stories of the
</span><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Garden_of_Eden" rel="nofollow" style="font-size: 10pt; line-height: 1.5;" title="Garden of Eden"><span lang="EN" style="font-family: Times New Roman, serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">Garden of Eden</span></a><span lang="EN" style="font-family: Times New Roman, serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;"> and </span><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Noah%27s_Flood" rel="nofollow" style="font-size: 10pt; line-height: 1.5;" title="Noah's Flood"><span lang="EN" style="font-family: Times New Roman, serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">Noah's Flood</span></a><span lang="EN" style="font-family: Times New Roman, serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">. The literary history of Gilgamesh begins with five independent
</span><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sumerian_language" rel="nofollow" style="font-size: 10pt; line-height: 1.5;" title="Sumerian language"><span lang="EN" style="font-family: Times New Roman, serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">Sumerian</span></a><span lang="EN" style="font-family: Times New Roman, serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;"> poems about 'Bilgamesh' (Sumerian for </span><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gilgamesh" rel="nofollow" style="font-size: 10pt; line-height: 1.5;" title="Gilgamesh"><span lang="EN" style="font-family: Times New Roman, serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">Gilgamesh</span></a><span lang="EN" style="font-family: Times New Roman, serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">), king of </span><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Uruk" rel="nofollow" style="font-size: 10pt; line-height: 1.5;" title="Uruk"><span lang="EN" style="font-family: Times New Roman, serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">Uruk</span></a><span lang="EN" style="font-family: Times New Roman, serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">.<u><sup><span style="color: blue;"> [</span></sup></u>They date from as
early as the </span><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Third_Dynasty_of_Ur" rel="nofollow" style="font-size: 10pt; line-height: 1.5;" title="Third Dynasty of Ur"><span lang="EN" style="font-family: Times New Roman, serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">Third Dynasty of Ur</span></a><span lang="EN" style="font-family: Times New Roman, serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;"> (2150-2000 BC).</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 12pt;">Garden
of Eden: Eden is from an </span><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aramaic" rel="nofollow" title="Aramaic"><span style="color: #0b0080; font-family: Times New Roman, serif; font-size: 12pt;">Aramaic</span></a><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 12pt;"> word
</span><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 12pt;">meaning
"fruitful, well-watered. </span><span lang="EN" style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">The Bible mentions four rivers flowing into </span><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Garden_of_Eden" rel="nofollow" style="font-size: 10pt; line-height: 1.5;" title="Garden of Eden"><span lang="EN" style="font-family: Times New Roman, serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">Eden</span></a><span lang="EN" style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">/</span><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paradise" rel="nofollow" style="font-size: 10pt; line-height: 1.5;" title="Paradise"><span lang="EN" style="font-family: Times New Roman, serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">Paradise</span></a><span lang="EN" style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">, two of these are Karun (</span><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kuhrang" rel="nofollow" style="font-size: 10pt; line-height: 1.5;" title="Kuhrang"><span lang="EN" style="font-family: Times New Roman, serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">Kuhrang</span></a><span lang="EN" style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">) and </span><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pasitigris" rel="nofollow" style="font-size: 10pt; line-height: 1.5;" title="Pasitigris"><span lang="EN" style="font-family: Times New Roman, serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">Pasitigris</span></a><span lang="EN" style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;"> is to be identified with </span><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pishon" rel="nofollow" style="font-size: 10pt; line-height: 1.5;" title="Pishon"><span lang="EN" style="font-family: Times New Roman, serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">Pishon</span></a><span lang="EN" style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">. The other two are </span><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Euphrates" rel="nofollow" title="Euphrates"><span lang="EN" style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 18px;">Euphrates</span></a><span lang="EN" style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 18px;"> and the </span><span lang="EN" style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 18px;"><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tigris" rel="nofollow" title="Tigris">Tigris</a>.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Times New Roman, serif; font-size: 12pt;"><b>Elam and The Flood: </b></span><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 12pt;">The Persian Gulf
valley had a thriving population. </span><span lang="EN" style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 12pt;">The valley
may have supported early humans for over 100,000 years.</span><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 12pt;"> Were these the
people the ancestors of Elamite (</span><cite><span lang="EN" style="color: #666666; font-family: Arial, sans-serif;">www.omniglot.com/writing/<b>elamite</b>.htm</span></cite><span lang="AR-SA" style="color: #666666; font-family: Arial, sans-serif;">)?</span></div>
<span style="font-family: Times New Roman, serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">The
general knowledge about Elam can be summarized by "Elam civilization centered in
the far west and southwest of modern-day Iran. The location of this civilization
was the lowlands of what are now Khuzestan, Elam Province, and a small part of
southern modern Iraq." </span><span lang="EN" style="font-family: Times New Roman, serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">This civilization is recognized as the oldest in Iran and was largely
contemporary with its neighbor, </span><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sumer" rel="nofollow" title="Sumer"><span lang="EN" style="font-family: Times New Roman, serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">Sumerian</span></a><span lang="EN" style="font-family: Times New Roman, serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;"> civilization, and the oldest in the world, which began around </span><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/3400_BC" rel="nofollow" title="3400 BC"><span lang="EN" style="font-family: Times New Roman, serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">3400 BC</span></a><span lang="EN" style="font-family: Times New Roman, serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">. Elamite states were among the leading political forces of the ancient
near east.</span><br />
<span lang="EN">Jeffrey Rose, an archaeologist and researcher with the
University of Birmingham in </span><span lang="EN" style="font-size: 10pt; line-height: 115%;">Current Anthropology (2010)
wrote:</span><span lang="EN"> </span><span lang="EN" style="color: #444444; font-family: Times New Roman, serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">"Perhaps it is no coincidence that the founding of such remarkably well
developed communities along the shoreline corresponds with the flooding of the
Persian Gulf basin around 8,000 years ago," Rose said. "These new colonists may
have come from the heart of the Gulf, displaced by rising water levels that
plunged the once fertile landscape beneath the waters of the Indian Ocean."
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<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 12pt;">This
Persian Gulf river valley was a major passage way through Yemen and Oman for the
migration out of Africa to Asia and Europe. Were Neanderthals the earliest
migratory people through this valley? The </span><span lang="EN" style="font-family: Times New Roman, serif; font-size: 12pt;">first
humans with proto-Neanderthal are suggested to have existed in Europe as early
as 600,000–350,000 years ago. </span><br />
<span lang="EN" style="font-family: Times New Roman, serif; font-size: 12pt;">It has been
suggested that the Modern humans, </span><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Homo_sapiens" rel="nofollow" title="Homo sapiens"><i><span lang="EN" style="font-family: Times New Roman, serif; font-size: 12pt;">Homo
sapiens</span></i></a><span lang="EN" style="font-family: Times New Roman, serif; font-size: 12pt;">, evolved
in Africa up to 200,000 years ago and reached the </span><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Near_East" rel="nofollow" title="Near East"><span lang="EN" style="font-family: Times New Roman, serif; font-size: 12pt;">Near
East</span></a><span lang="EN" style="font-family: Times New Roman, serif; font-size: 12pt;"> around
125,000 years ago. From the Near East, these populations spread east to
</span><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paleolithic_South_Asia" rel="nofollow" title="Paleolithic South Asia"><span lang="EN" style="font-family: Times New Roman, serif; font-size: 12pt;">South
Asia</span></a><span lang="EN" style="font-family: Times New Roman, serif; font-size: 12pt;"> by 50,000
years ago and on to </span><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Prehistoric_Australia" rel="nofollow" title="Prehistoric Australia"><span lang="EN" style="font-family: Times New Roman, serif; font-size: 12pt;">Australia</span></a><span lang="EN" style="font-family: Times New Roman, serif; font-size: 12pt;"> by 40,000
years ago, when for the first time <i>H. sapiens</i> reached territory never
reached by <i>H. erectus</i>. <i>H. sapiens</i> reached </span><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paleolithic_Europe" rel="nofollow" title="Paleolithic Europe"><span lang="EN" style="font-family: Times New Roman, serif; font-size: 12pt;">Europe</span></a><span lang="EN" style="font-family: Times New Roman, serif; font-size: 12pt;"> around
43,000 years ago, eventually replacing the Neanderthal population. </span><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/East_Asia" rel="nofollow" title="East Asia"><span lang="EN" style="font-family: Times New Roman, serif; font-size: 12pt;">East Asia</span></a><span lang="EN" style="font-family: Times New Roman, serif; font-size: 12pt;"> was
reached by 30,000 years ago.</span><br />
<span lang="EN" style="font-family: Times New Roman, serif; font-size: 12pt;">Neanderthals contributed to the DNA of </span><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anatomically_modern_humans" rel="nofollow" title="Anatomically modern humans"><span lang="EN" style="font-family: Times New Roman, serif; font-size: 12pt;">anatomically modern humans</span></a><span lang="EN" style="font-family: Times New Roman, serif; font-size: 12pt;">, probably
through </span><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Neanderthal_admixture_theory" rel="nofollow" title="Neanderthal admixture theory"><span lang="EN" style="font-family: Times New Roman, serif; font-size: 12pt;">interbreeding</span></a><span lang="EN" style="font-family: Times New Roman, serif; font-size: 12pt;"> between
80,000 and 50,000 years ago with the population of anatomically modern humans
who had recently migrated from Africa. According to the study, by the time that
population began dispersing across </span><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eurasia" rel="nofollow" title="Eurasia"><span lang="EN" style="font-family: Times New Roman, serif; font-size: 12pt;">Eurasia</span></a><span lang="EN" style="font-family: Times New Roman, serif; font-size: 12pt;">,
Neanderthals genes constituted as much as 1–4% of its genome. The revolution in
mapping human genome along with investigation within the Persian
Gulf valley will provide a more accurate picture of our migratory parents as
more data will be accumulated during next decade. </span><br />
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<span lang="EN" style="font-family: Times New Roman, serif; font-size: 12pt;">Note: the
pictures included in this document were included in </span><i><span style="font-family: Times New Roman, serif; font-size: 12pt;">Kurt Lambeck
“<b>Research School of Earth Sciences, The Australian National University.
Canberra, ACT 0200, Australia, 1995” </b></span></i></div>
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My America Journalhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12506562234214428100noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6622866938793901249.post-88449394906078070992010-09-11T08:20:00.000-07:002010-09-11T12:57:48.592-07:00The Cordoba Islamic Center of Manhattan<strong>What are the objectives for Cordoba Center and the way to achieve the objectives?</strong><br /><br />The premise for the center is to bring a better understanding and inter-faith dialogue with American people. However, this good intension has been replaced with a very negative response of the same people that the center would intend to reach.<br /><br />The organizers of this center should think the process through and the consequences for pursuing to build the facility. In place of spending so much money at one site, why not build several facilities in several cities in US with the same amount of money; build them near universities in cities such as New York, Chicago, San Diego, Sacramento, Albuquerque, and Dallas. <br /><br />The unfortunate reaction to the center has poisoned the atmosphere for a better understanding between a minority of reactive Christian and Muslim Americans. To educate and bring peace and harmony among our American people has a long way to travel. Many among those who have negatively reacted to the center and still think Muslims do not believe in God, they don't believe that Christ is the son of God, born from Virgin Mary, but Muslims do. Some of those reacting negatively believe that the Catholics are not Christian, but Catholics are the original Christians. <br /><br />It is irrelevant that the Muslims have the constitutional right to build the center; however, <strong>the negative reaction and the consequences dictates that building of the center at the designated place in Manhattan is unproductive and unwise at this time.</strong>My America Journalhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12506562234214428100noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6622866938793901249.post-43422021785403289392010-08-04T09:20:00.000-07:002010-08-04T09:34:46.653-07:00Thank You President Obama, Happy BirthdayPresident Obama, your election brought joy to me among many people of the world. <br /><br /><em>"We", those Americans who believe USA foreign policy should be a reflection of our national character: justice, peace, respect for human life, and fair treatment of all other nations.<br /><br />We, the people of this world, share a common interest in freedom of expression, freedom of press, freedom of choice of religion or freedom from religion, pursuit of good life, and peace at home and among nations.<br /><br />We are those who are angry at injustice, oppression, and exploitation of people. We are those who work for justice, freedom and peace. </em><br /><br />Like many Americans, I will support your agenda for bringing respect and fairness to the middle class of our society, improvement of healthcare and the infrastructure, advancing the agenda for production of non-fossil fuel sources of energy, and attempting to bridge the ideological strain between Democrats and Republicans. <br /><br />I, among many Americans, will support you for trying to reduce the risk of another war in the Middle East, and trying to establish a peaceful coexistence between Jews and Arabs. I thank you for trying to end the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan. We need our national resources at home for our children and their children. <br /><br /> <strong>Thank you and happy birthday.</strong>My America Journalhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12506562234214428100noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6622866938793901249.post-982819825078592462010-07-31T06:21:00.000-07:002010-08-11T13:23:30.872-07:00USA Interests: Iran and the Middle EastI for one have preached for a world without any nuclear bombs. I would never advocate development of nuclear bomb by any country. I am all for a meaningful enforcement of NPT. Let be serious, our anger with the Iranian government since 1979 has had nothing to do with their nuclear fuel cycle, or an Iranian military threat to the Middle Eastern nations [<a href="http://dissidentvoice.org/2010/08/double-vendetta-the-insanity-of-the-iran-confrontation/">Double Vendetta: The Insanity of the Iran Confrontation</a> ] <br /><br />The <a href="http://dissidentvoice.org/2010/08/double-vendetta-the-insanity-of-the-iran-confrontation/">video</a> is a good introduction to the issues of Iran and USA-Israel vector to force the USA interests in the Middle East. <br /><br /><a href="http://stmichaeltraveler.wordpress.com/2010/07/17/the-usa-interests-in-the-middle-east-iran/">The Iranians are not a military threat for USA</a>, France, England, and Germany. <blockquote>Iran’s military spending is “relatively low compared to the rest of the region,” and of course minuscule as compared to the US. Iranian military doctrine is strictly “defensive, designed to slow an invasion and force a diplomatic solution to hostilities.” Iran has only “a limited capability to project force beyond its borders.” With regard to the nuclear option, “Iran’s nuclear program and its willingness to keep open the possibility of developing nuclear weapons is a central part of its deterrent strategy.” </blockquote><br /><strong>Is Iran a threat to Israel?</strong><br /><strong>Facts:</strong> Israel has 3 nuclear submarines, donated by Germany, capable to carry nuclear bombs. USA has provided Israel planes capable to carry nuclear bombs. Israel has nuclear bombs and the most sophisticated armaments in the world, thanks to the generosity of US and Germany. <br /><br />Then why does Israel feel threatened by Iran? A common explanation often offered has been psychological syndrome. A cure for this behavior cannot be another war instigated on behalf of Israel, this time with Iran. In spite of our statements, Iranian nuclear fuel cycle, or state of democracy in Iran, or theocracy are not high priority issues relative to our national interests. <a href="http://stmichaeltraveler.wordpress.com/2010/07/17/the-usa-interests-in-the-middle-east-iran/">What are the USA Interests in the Middle East?</a><br /> <br /><blockquote>General Petraeus informed the Senate Committee on Armed Services in March 2010 that “the Iranian regime is the primary state-level threat to stability” in the U.S. Central Command area of responsibility, the Middle East and Central Asia, the primary region of US global concerns. The term “stability” here has its usual technical meaning: firmly under US control.</blockquote> <br /><blockquote>Iranian threat is not military aggression. Iranian deterrent capacity is considered an illegitimate exercise of sovereignty that interferes with US global designs. Specifically, it threatens US control of Middle East energy resources, a high priority of planners since World War II. As one influential figure advised, expressing a common understanding, control of these resources yields “substantial control of the world” (A. A. Berle).</blockquote>Iranians have had difficulty to understand one key issue; our national interest in the Middle East is a high priority. <strong><a href="http://dissidentvoice.org/2010/08/double-vendetta-the-insanity-of-the-iran-confrontation/">Iranians must submit to the US interests in the Middle East [<a href="http://dissidentvoice.org/2010/08/double-vendetta-the-insanity-of-the-iran-confrontation/">Double Vendetta: The Insanity of the Iran Confrontation</a> ]</a>, like under Shah.</strong>My America Journalhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12506562234214428100noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6622866938793901249.post-46605352192294252662010-07-27T17:54:00.000-07:002010-07-27T18:12:07.341-07:00Have a Cup of Coffee, the Tea Party has joined the Israel ZionistsThe Tea Party has endorsed Israel pre-emptive attack on Iran. Before we start, let us have a cup of coffee, we need to be fully awake and think this through...Israel threatened by Iranian nuclear fuel cycle.<br /><br />It is true that Iran is a nuclear state,<strong> but not a nuclear bomb state </strong>. <strong>Israel is nuclear bomb State.</strong> Then why would Israel feel threatened by Iran? <strong>Israel has 200 nuclear bombs. Iran has zero.</strong> <br />However, many nations including Germany, Japan, Brazil, and Iran are among the many nuclear states...NOT a Nuclear Bomb State. All these nuclear states have active nuclear fuel cycle, i.e. they are able to produce fuel for nuclear power reactor for generation of electricity. <br />The following states are nuclear bomb states: <strong>USA, Russia, England, France, China, Pakistan and India.</strong> The North Korea tested a very crude bomb a year ago, but she is incapable to deliver it as nuclear bomb either by plane or rocket. <br /><br />Facts: Israel has 3 nuclear submarines, donated by Germany, capable to carry nuclear bombs. USA has provided Israel planes capable to carry nuclear bombs. Israel has nuclear bombs and the most sophisticated armaments in the world, thanks to the generosity of US and Germany.<br />What is wrong with the Tea Party to endorse Israel? Black is white & good is bad. Israel an aggressive state who has attacked her neighbors and occupied their territories is good! <br />Why does Israel feel threatened by Iran? US Secretary of State Clinton boldly had announced that USA will nuclear bomb Iran into oblivion if she attacks Israel? USA already has been treating Israel as an <strong>honorary member of the Common Wealth of the United States. </strong><br />A common explanation often offered has been psychological syndrome. A cure for this behavior cannot be another war instigated on behalf of Israel; Israel had attacked more than once the states of Lebanon, Egypt and Syria. We have fought war on Israel behalf in Iraq, and now Israel instigating another war, this time with Iran. <br />I am confused even after a cup of coffee. How about you?My America Journalhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12506562234214428100noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6622866938793901249.post-61133509892619176442010-07-23T17:41:00.000-07:002010-07-23T20:16:07.662-07:00US Congress: Authorization for Israel to attack IranPlease allow all civilized member of our society to know about this Un-American Act.<br /><blockquote><em>US Congress is to give the green light for Israel to attack Iran. <br /><br />Nearly one third of the Republican Caucus in the House of Representatives has introduced a resolution giving Israel a green light to attack Iran. H.Res.1553 declares unwavering support for Israel to “use all means necessary,” to “eliminate nuclear threats” posed by Iran.<br /><br />The game plan of these Members of Congress was spelled out by John Bolton in the Wall Street Journal just two weeks ago: “Having visible congressional support in place at the outset [of an attack] will reassure the Israeli government, which is legitimately concerned about Mr. Obama's likely negative reaction to such an attack.”<br /><br />This is the first step necessary to enable war with Iran. <br /><br />The Obama Administration quietly resisted Congressional efforts to pass unilateral economic sanctions for over a year, before ultimately giving in to Congressional pressure. Now that “crippling” sanctions have been put in place, the far-right wing and Iran-hawks have begun openly advocating for what has always been their ultimate objective: war with Iran. <br /><br />As we begin to debate war in earnest, we cannot let history repeat itself. <br /><br />Numerous credible studies have concluded that such strikes would suck the US into the conflict that would engulf the region in war and put so much at risk.<br /><br />Act</em>.</blockquote><br />Source: NIAC, July 2010My America Journalhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12506562234214428100noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6622866938793901249.post-82261922086385616462010-07-19T09:54:00.000-07:002010-07-19T12:21:09.968-07:00Marriage, Adultery: Should prostitution be legalized in the USA?Christianity considers marriage as a <strong>sacrament</strong> and not just joining of two people in a social-economic contract. But, in secular world, marriage could at best be defined as a socio-economic contract registered by state and privileged to some legal rights. This contract, let us define it as a registered union of two or more people, may entitle the individuals to inheritance from the union and other rights defined by the union contract and the state. <br /><br />The union of two people may not be registered by the state and still could have legal rights. One fundamental demand for the union may be impositions for providing the cost of care would a child is created during the union; this is a consideration irrespective of the duration of the union. In a union of a male and a female, law would impose cost of care on the male. The male could be the genetic father, but also could not be the one. Should all union contracts have a clause to eliminate this imposition of the cost of the care "child support" if the genetic relationship is not validated? Should all children be tested at birth not only for some inherited diseases, but also the genetic linkage to the caretaker "often father"? <br /><br />Do you feel emotionally more at ease if the union of a male and female was a marriage and blessed as sacrament? Has adultery created both psychological and social difficulty in our modern society? If adultery is an accepted practice, then should the name “marriage with connotation of a ”sacramental practice” be replaced with the word ‘Union” in the contract? In our society free from the religious constrains, <strong>should prostitution (a service for pay) be legally available? </strong> This action, like many European societies, would allow safety of sexual encounter by medical-legal licensing of prostitution? <em><strong>Are we living in a society full of hypocrisy by accepting adultery, but pronouncing prostitution as a sinful act?</strong></em>My America Journalhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12506562234214428100noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6622866938793901249.post-47465206359282949122010-07-08T08:52:00.000-07:002010-07-19T12:25:27.476-07:00Capital Punishment and Adultery: a perspective on Judeo-Christian-Muslim religions<a href="http://news.google.com/news/tbn/Sn3EiNb3TpwJ"><img style="float:right; margin:0 0 10px 10px;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 64px; height: 80px;" src="http://news.google.com/news/tbn/Sn3EiNb3TpwJ" border="0" alt="" /></a><br /><strong>Join the discussion on this topic at:<br />Forums » Des Moines » Religion » </strong><a href="http://www.desmoinesregister.com/apps/pbcs.dll/section?">Capital Punishment and Adultery: a perspective on religions </a><br /><br /><br />Imposition of death for Iranian woman for adultery, facing death by stoning has created a repulsive reaction in the Western Societies. I am repulsed by killing of any person irrespective of any justification a State or government may offer. I could only surmise on Muslim religion; I would think their rules are based on the Old Testament, a common standard for Judeo-Christian-Muslim religions. I find imposition of death by state-religion using any method to impose death to be barbaric and unacceptable being Koran or the Old Testament. <br /> <br />However;the question of sex, religion, state and church is relevant to our Western societies. Could our society apply punishment using the Old Testament standard for judgment and law in our societies? <br />The following sections of the bible (the Old Testament) define the punishments for committing adultery: <br /><em>Exodus 20:14 "You shall not commit adultery." <br />Deuteronomy 22:22 "If a man is found sleeping with another man's wife, both the man who slept with her and the woman must die." <br />Leviticus 20:10 "If a man commits adultery with another man's wife--with the wife of his neighbor--both the adulterer and the adulteress must be put to death." <br />Proverbs 6:32 "But a man who commits adultery lacks judgment; whoever does so destroys himself." He destroys himself by being put to death as shown above. <br />Leviticus 21:9 "And the daughter of any priest, if she profanes herself by playing the whore, she profanes her father: she shall be burnt with fire." Why should only a daughter of a priest get burnt to death if she profanes herself? Why can't this law apply to all daughters? <br />Deuteronomy 25:11-12 "If two men are fighting and the wife of one of them comes to rescue her husband from his assailant, and she reaches out and seizes him by his private parts, you shall cut off her hand. Show her no pity." </em>Similar sections in the Old Testament also can be identified for homosexuality. <br /><br />However, adultery is considered a recreation in many western Christian societies. Fathers are not sure the children they had supported and cared for were conceived by someone else. Some children are suspicious that the man they have called “dad” may be just a benevolent caretaker. Is this an issue of morality or social contract? As a social contract, a father is obligated to support his children. Is genetic linkage between a man and a child the only prerequisite for fatherhood? Many adopt children and love and care for them.<br /><br />Are the Old Testament rules for adultery, homosexuality, and capital punishment irrelevant for our modern societies? Is the influence of the Old Testament on our life practically speaking dead in the secular Western societies?<br /> <br /> <strong>We should eliminate the capital punishment in the Unites States.</strong><br /><strong><br />Post publication addition:</strong><br /><strong>Christianity considers marriage as a sacrament and not just joining of two people in a social-economic contract. </strong>But, in secular world, marriage could at best be defined as a socio-economic contract registered by state and privileged to some legal rights. This contract, let us define it as a registered union of two or more people, may entitle the individuals to inheritance from the union and other rights defined by the union contract and the state. <br /><br />The union of two people may not be registered by the state and still could have legal rights. One fundamental demand for the union may be impositions for providing the cost of care would a child is created during the union; this is a consideration irrespective of the duration of the union. In a union of a male and a female, law would impose cost of care on the male. The male could be the genetic father, but also could not be the one. Should all union contracts have a clause to eliminate this imposition of the cost of the care if the genetic relationship is not validated? <em>Should all children be tested at birth not only for some inherited diseases, but also the genetic linkage to the male caretaker? </em> <br /><br />Do you feel emotionally more at ease if the union of a male and female was a marriage and blessed as sacrament? Has adultery created a psychological and social difficulty in our modern society? If adultery is an accepted practice, then should the name “marriage with connotation of a” sacramental practice” be replaced with the word ‘Union” in the contract?In our society free from the religious constrains, should prostitution (a service for pay) be legally available? This action, like many European societies, would allow safety of sexual encounter by medical-legal licensing of prostitution? Are we living in a society full of hypocrisy by accepting adultery, but pronouncing prostitution as a sinful act?My America Journalhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12506562234214428100noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6622866938793901249.post-7013864382310310872010-07-04T09:37:00.000-07:002010-07-05T07:26:28.846-07:00Can USA be an honest broker in the Middle East?<strong><em>Should we be pro-American Americans? </em></strong><br />There is no way to reconcile the Petraeus need for the nations in the Middle East to cooperate with US in Afghanistan so long as Israeli burden hangs on our Administration. It is all dependent on our government ability to project a Pro-American posture over those of Pro-Israel. Can we sacrifice our interests in the Middle East for the price of being an extension of Israel's foreign policy?<br /><br />Chris McGreal, The <strong>Guardian</strong>, Monday 5 July 2010, in the article <em><a href="http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2010/jul/05/us-israel-support">US questions its unwavering support for Israel concludes</a>:</em> "Consensus forming in Washington that Israeli government is abusing support with policies seen to be risking US lives."<br />Pro-Israel position has been: Russia must stop selling defensive weapons to Iran, Syria, Venezuela, and the like. These defenses would make harder for Israel to bomb Syria and Iran. <br />Pro American position has been: Maybe we could also stop selling arms to Egypt and Saudi, Israel, and too many other nations to mention. But our Congress burdened by Pro-Israeli supportes would not allowed this limitation to Israel. <br /><br />Pro American position has been: We could also stop arming Israel with our latest offensive armaments and ships and planes capable to carrying nuclear bombs. We could have stopped Germany donating nuclear capable submarine to Israel. <br /><br />Could we be an honest broker in the Middle East? <strong><em>Should we be pro-American Americans? </em></strong>My America Journalhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12506562234214428100noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6622866938793901249.post-21513680793418515692010-06-28T07:24:00.000-07:002010-06-28T07:36:52.060-07:00Stop Russia Now: Pro-Israel DemandsWe demanded Russia must stop selling <strong>defensive</strong> weapons to Iran, Syria, Venezuela, and the like. Russian actions would make our efforts to bomb these countries harder. May be we could do the same and stop selling arms to Egypt and Saudi, Israel, and too many other nations to mention. Na, we can't do that! We could also stop arming Israel with our latest <strong>offensive</strong> armaments and ships and planes capable to carrying nuclear bombs. Don't be ridiculous. Germany donated nuclear capable submarine to Israel. Germans had our blessings. German war machine is on marching once more. They sold rockets to Sadam to bomb Iranian cities with weapon of mass destruction (WMD)! We gave him the WMD. What a lovely world we live in. <br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhhup7HgltxZG5tSl7b3cWvXOyzpS6tbSBUtmPCQsVY6gfGn8nYaBAPa_0Dr9r28Lt-05FUHMJoYLdcZFe8jF5F-ODOKJEwniEg6rrJ_UmJFz_q3cbV_2pTbLieVZDMWtvIkCILOsplxXQ/s1600/r-SADDAM-medium260.jpg"><img style="float:right; margin:0 0 10px 10px;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 260px; height: 75px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhhup7HgltxZG5tSl7b3cWvXOyzpS6tbSBUtmPCQsVY6gfGn8nYaBAPa_0Dr9r28Lt-05FUHMJoYLdcZFe8jF5F-ODOKJEwniEg6rrJ_UmJFz_q3cbV_2pTbLieVZDMWtvIkCILOsplxXQ/s320/r-SADDAM-medium260.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5487832889064127618" /></a><br /><br />We are against selling Iranian natural gas to Pakistan and India. What are they going to do with all that gas in Pakistan and India? You tell me. It could explode and kill people of Pakistan and India!My America Journalhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12506562234214428100noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6622866938793901249.post-54964975370623710302010-06-27T12:46:00.000-07:002010-06-28T06:51:37.713-07:00Iranian Natural Gas: Pakistan and IndiaWe demanded Russia must stop selling <strong>defensive </strong>weapons to Iran, Syria, Venezuela, and the like. Russian actions would make our efforts to bomb these countries harder. May be we could do the same and stop selling arms to Egypt and Saudi, Israel, and too many other nations to mention. Na, we can't do that! We could also stop arming Israel with our latest <strong>offensive</strong> armaments and ships and planes capable to carrying nuclear bombs. Don't be ridiculous. Germany donated nuclear capable submarine to Israel. Germans had our blessings. German war machine is on marching once more. They sold rockets to Sadam to bomb Iranian cities with WMD! What a lovely world we live in. We are against selling Iranian natural gas to Pakistan and India. What are they going to do with all that gas in Pakistan and India? You tell me. <strong>It could explode and kill people!</strong>My America Journalhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12506562234214428100noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6622866938793901249.post-74545960218419752502010-06-09T17:24:00.000-07:002010-06-09T18:21:32.518-07:00The Fourth Iran Sanction: Perspectives and ObjectivesThe objective of USA has been to stop Iran ability to enrich uranium; it is irrelevant that the enrichment is for peaceful use of the nuclear fuels. It is irrelevant that under NPT, Iran has the right to enrich uranium. Our position has been that once Iran is capable to enrich to 5% for nuclear reactor and 20% for production of medical isotopes, then Iran will be another step closer to enriching to 90% required for fabricating a crude nuclear bomb. We do not have any evidence to support that Iran is producing nuclear bomb.<br /><br />Another concern of ours has been that nuclear fuel is a precious commodity. We would like to keep the production of nuclear fuel entitled to very few nations (nuclear fuel club). We allow other nations, those not the member of the club, to receive and use the fuel. We want the control. Unless they behave to our liking, they shall not have access to it. The facts are that oil is a diminishing quantity. Nuclear fuel will replace oil and coal for production of electric energy. The other sources of electric production (solar and wind) will contribute but will not be able to replace those produced by oil. Coal has had severe effect on our environment; by consensus, its use will be reduced in the future.<br /><br />Israel has, or intends to position nuclear submarines armed with nulcear bombs in waters near Persian Gulf. <a href="url?sa=t&source=web&cd=8&ved=0CEMQFjAH&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.fas.org%2Fnuke%2Fguide%2Fisrael%2Fsub%2Findex.html&rct=j&q=Germany+Israel+submarines&ei=hzUQTJ3gA4OjnQeXvrTHDQ&usg=AFQjCNHbgBhcrrnudVsQx9s5WSd1D1SUag">Germany</a> produced the nuclear capable submarines for <a href="sa=t&source=web&cd=11&ved=0CFAQFjAK&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.examiner.com%2Fx-9462-LA-Nonpartisan-Examiner~y2010m2d3-Senate-passes-AIPAC-sponsored-Iran-Sancctions-Act&rct=j&q=iran+sanctions+act&ei=izEQTPSXGZChnQeUsuCiDQ&usg=AFQjCNE3KWqFOWFEjPTQGVkbYQpa93sk-A">Israel</a>.<br /><br />What do Iranians think? Do they feel their backs are against the walls created by USA, Germany, France and now Russia and China? They remember the concerted Russia-England efforts to divide and colonize their country. They remember Russian invasion of their nation. <a href="http://sites.google.com/site/saintmtraveler/iran-arabs-and-the-united-states-crimes">Who could they trust</a>? No one!<br /> <br />We know that Iran does not have and is not developing nuclear bomb. But that is irrelevant!My America Journalhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12506562234214428100noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6622866938793901249.post-83688923098497578432010-06-03T09:11:00.000-07:002010-06-03T09:20:42.909-07:00Frank Miller’s Xerxes<a href="http://stmichaeltraveler.files.wordpress.com/2010/06/200px-tresury_relief1.jpg"><img style="float:right; margin:0 0 10px 10px;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 200px; height: 285px;" src="http://stmichaeltraveler.files.wordpress.com/2010/06/200px-tresury_relief1.jpg" border="0" alt="" /></a><br />Germans, Russians, Japanese and Arabs all had the misfortune of being on the wrong side of political avengers. Some of the movies made about these cultures depict them as half-witted savages; the movies use fabricated and distorted historical events. What makes Persians (Iranians) any different?<br /><br />Xerxes (Khashayar) was born around 520 BCE in the southern province of Persis (Fars). He was a powerful king who ruled <a href="http://www.iranchamber.com/history/achaemenids/achaemenids.php">Achaemenid </a>(Persian) Empire from 486-465 BCE. Xerxes was <a href="http://www.iranchamber.com/history/darius/darius.php">Darius</a> The Great‘s eldest son by Queen Atosa (daughter of <a href="http://www.iranchamber.com/history/cyrus/cyrus.php">Cyrus The Great</a>). He had been designated official heir perhaps as early as 498 BCE, and while crown prince he had ruled as the King’s governor in Babylon.<br /><br />Questions: Who is supporting these trashes —Frank Miller’s Xerxes— made in the name of entertainment? The members of the public pays for these fabricated malicious lies. They pay for the trashes. Who are the generators of these trash movies? Who are the shadowy figures behind the screens?<br /><br /><br /><a href="http://stmichaeltraveler.files.wordpress.com/2010/06/xerxes_225_miller1.jpg"><img style="float:right; margin:0 0 10px 10px;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 225px; height: 211px;" src="http://stmichaeltraveler.files.wordpress.com/2010/06/xerxes_225_miller1.jpg" border="0" alt="" /></a><br /><br /><br />Frank Miller’s Xerxes is a trash fabricated as entertainment.<br />Who benefits from declaring war on these cultures?My America Journalhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12506562234214428100noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6622866938793901249.post-45726017316349591472010-06-01T19:24:00.000-07:002010-06-01T19:40:44.431-07:00Obama: Israel and the Middle EastThe statement associated to IAEA “remains concerned about the possible existence in Iran of past or current undisclosed nuclear related activities, involving military related organizations, including activities related to the development of a nuclear payload for a missile." is hinged on POSSIBLE and conjecture. If the agency or USA had any evidence, it would have been published and exposed by now.<br /><br />We should say that Iran is telling the truth and is not following the path to making nuclear bomb. Let us be rational about this nuclear bomb and Iran! If Iran would develops a nuclear bomb and would use it against Israel, then Israel has capacity to retaliate and destroy Iran by all of her already developed nuclear capability.<a href="http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/world/europe/article7140282.ece"> Uzi Mahnaimi in Tel Aviv</a> states: <br /><strong>“Three German-built Israeli submarines equipped with nuclear cruise missiles are to be deployed in the Gulf near the Iranian coastline.” </strong><br />We need to check our emotions. President Obama really has a serious problem on his hands with the nuclear bomb capable Israel.My America Journalhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12506562234214428100noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6622866938793901249.post-54459793734907824202010-05-24T12:36:00.001-07:002010-05-25T13:48:12.878-07:00Persian Paradox: USA, Russia, England and Nuclear FuelTo lubricate diplomatic friction, in 1907 an agreement was solemnly signed which defined each country's sphere of influence in Persia. Britain was to influence in the southeast; Russia in the north. As for the poor Persians, their attitude was aptly summed up in a Punch cartoon of the period. It showed a Persian cat apprehensively sitting between a lion and a bear. "<a href="http://sites.google.com/site/saintmtraveler/persian-paradox">I will pat its head</a>," says the bear, "and you shall stroke its tail." Pleads the cat: "But I have not been consulted!" <br /><br />The world has not changed, now in addition to the bear and the lion, the Bald Eagle is perched on the tree and checking for the most delicious part of the Persian cat prior to the grand slaughter. The appetite for domination and exploitation has not changed since 1907; just new players have been added to the table. <br /><br />Our Bald Eagle responses often have been forged by special elements of our USA society bent to bring Iran on its knees begging for mercy. The proponents have had the same trenched position for many decades. It does not make any difference who governs Iran and state of democracy in the country; the objectives have been to keep Iran subservient to USA and a satellite nation. Iranian nuclear fuel cycle is not in violation of the International Nuclear Non-proliferation Treaty, but I think the <strong>insubordination</strong> of the Iranian governments that has irked the US administrations.My America Journalhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12506562234214428100noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6622866938793901249.post-53232095100757670302010-05-19T08:52:00.000-07:002010-05-21T13:34:06.310-07:00Ignore Turkey and Brazil: Iran Sanctions Are A GoIran has accepted the reality of the world by singing to the deal envisaged by Turkey and Brazil. <br /><br /><strong><em>FINAL<br />JOINT DECLARATION BY IRAN, TURKEY AND BRAZIL <br />(17 May 2010)<br /><br />Having met in Tehran, Islamic Republic of Iran, the undersigned have agreed on the following Declaration:<br /><br />1) We reaffirm our commitment to the Treaty on the Non-Proliferation of Nuclear Weapons and in accordance with the related articles of the NPT, recall the right of all State Parties, including the Islamic Republic of Iran, to develop research, production and use of nuclear energy (as well as nuclear fuel cycle including enrichment activities) for peaceful purposes without discrimination.<br /><br />2) We express our strong conviction that we have the opportunity now to begin a forward looking process that will create a positive, constructive, non-confrontational atmosphere leading to an era of interaction and cooperation.<br /><br />3) We believe that the nuclear fuel exchange is instrumental in initiating cooperation in different areas, especially with regard to peaceful nuclear cooperation including nuclear power plant and research reactors construction.<br /><br />4) Based on this point the nuclear fuel exchange is a starting point to begin cooperation and a positive constructive move forward among nations. Such a move should lead to positive interaction and cooperation in the field of peaceful nuclear activities replacing and avoiding all kinds of confrontation through refraining from measures, actions and rhetorical statements that would jeopardize Iran's rights and obligations under the NPT.<br /><br />5) Based on the above, in order to facilitate the nuclear cooperation mentioned above, the Islamic Republic of Iran agrees to deposit 1200 kg LEU in Turkey. While in Turkey this LEU will continue to be the property of Iran. Iran and the IAEA may station observers to monitor the safekeeping of the LEU in Turkey.<br /><br />6) Iran will notify the IAEA in writing through official channels of its agreement with the above within seven days following the date of this declaration. Upon the positive response of the Vienna Group (US, Russia, France and the IAEA) further details of the exchange will be elaborated through a written agreement and proper arrangement between Iran and the Vienna Group that specifically committed themselves to deliver 120 kg of fuel needed for the Tehran Research Reactor (TRR).<br /><br />7) When the Vienna Group declares its commitment to this provision, then both parties would commit themselves to the implementation of the agreement mentioned in item 6. Islamic Republic of Iran expressed its readiness to deposit its LEU (1200 kg) within one month. On the basis of the same agreement the Vienna Group should deliver 120 kg fuel required for TRR in no later than one year.<br /><br />8) In case the provisions of this Declaration are not respected Turkey, upon the request of Iran, will return swiftly and unconditionally Iran's LEU to Iran.</em></strong><br /><br />Under this agreement Iranian low-enriched uranium would be exchanged for fuel rods for the medical research reactor in Tehran. Since electric power reactors would operate using fuels enriched to less than 5%, Iran must take one more step and stop enriching uranium to 20% once the protocal for the fuel has been accepted. <strong>Iranian nuclear fuel cycle is not in violation of NPT.</strong><br /><br />Washington must also accept the realities of the world. Our responses often have been forged by special elements of our society bent to bring Iran on its knees begging for mercy. The proponents have had the same trenched position for many decades. It does not make any difference who governs Iran and state of democracy in the country; the objectives have been to keep Iran subservient to USA and a satellite nation. The insubordination of the Iranian governments has irked the US administrations. Can we do the same trick we pulled in 1953? No! <br /> <br />The objectives transcend the present realities. What realities: Thierry Meyssan French political analyst, founder and chairman of the Voltaire Network and the Axis for Peace conference posted the following article: <a href="http://www.voltairenet.org/article165434.html">Strategy shift in the Middle </a>East. Meyssan states:<br /><br />“The Iraqi chaos and the creation of a quasi-state in Kurdistan have forced neighbouring states to work together to avert a spillover effect, especially since Washington has already attempted to destabilize them all to keep them out of the Iraqi game. Thus the United States and Israel covertly supported Kurdish separatists in Turkey (PKK), those in Iran (Pejak) and those in Syria. As a result, the Iran-Syria axis has been replaced by the Iran-Syria-Turkey triangle. This new alliance enjoys a historical legitimacy without parallel.”<br /><br />Please read the entire article: http://www.voltairenet.org/article165434.html<br />Are Meyssan’s analyses correct?My America Journalhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12506562234214428100noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6622866938793901249.post-51929820623665143042010-01-28T12:55:00.000-08:002010-01-28T13:26:49.683-08:00Holocaust Remembrance: Israel and CrimesHolocaust remembrance is a boon for Israeli propaganda, said Gideon Levy. This statement is well on target. Israel propaganda is to deflect the internal Israeli problems, her nuclear bombs and her savage treatment of people in Gaza away from her self and to paint Iranians and Arabs as focus of the international attention. <br /><br />Gideon Levy (Ha'aretz 1/27/2010) recently wrote:<br /><em>"How beautiful it would have been if on this international day of remembrance Israel had taken the time to examine itself, look inward and ask, for example, how it is that anti-Semitism has reared its head in the world precisely in the past year, the year after we dropped white-phosphorous bombs on Gaza. How beautiful it would have been if on this International Holocaust Remembrance Day, Netanyahu had declared a new policy for integrating refugees instead of expulsion, or lifted the Gaza blockade. <br /><br />A thousand speeches against anti-Semitism will not extinguish the flames ignited by Operation Cast Lead, flames that threaten not only Israel but the entire Jewish world. As long as Gaza is under blockade and Israel sinks into its institutionalized xenophobia, Holocaust speeches will remain hollow. As long as evil is rampant here at home, neither the world nor we will be able to accept our preaching to others, even if they deserve it." </em><br /><br />Iranian people are able to manage their own affairs. Israel should use Holocaust remembrance and start helping people of Gaza.My America Journalhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12506562234214428100noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6622866938793901249.post-90307223397527094322009-12-09T12:37:00.000-08:002009-12-09T12:40:58.086-08:00Iranian Progressives and USAOur past political mistakes and financial burdens we have placed on the Iranian people will not advance our long term American interests. To assist the Progressive movement in Iran, allow a greater exchange between the two societies, remove the burdens placed on the Iranian people by economic sanctions and restrictions. It is foolish to punish the people for our disagreements with their government. By removing the burden, we allow change in demographics of Iran toward a larger middle class; thus, it will shift the internal Iranian policy from Traditionalists toward the Progressives. We must support the Iranian Progressives. The Progressives are young, better educated and often the middle class segment of the Iranian population. Iranian Traditionalist (religious, very nationalistic, often poor, and under educated) voted for re-election of Ahmadinejad. <br /><br />We will not advance our American interests, or the Progressive Iranian movement, by listening to those who advocate a more aggressive policy toward Iran. Only Iranian people will decide the new course of action for their country. The evolution of the Iranian society toward a secular state will require time and <strong>external security</strong>. The over aggressive posturing by Israel and supported by the Congress will only strengthen the hands of the traditionalist segment of the Iranian society. The best course of action for President Obama, I suggest, is to <strong>allow Iranian people to settle their own internal political conflicts</strong>.My America Journalhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12506562234214428100noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6622866938793901249.post-40086867522896525622009-11-29T17:54:00.000-08:002009-12-02T08:51:25.986-08:00Israel attacking Iran: Middle East at WarWould Israel attack Iran, then what would be the consequences? <br />Israel’s actions both in Lebanon and Gaza in recent years indicate a military force savagely trained to kill and destroy in parallel with brutality of Genghis Khan. Israel preemptively attacking Iran may be based on assumption that a reprisal by Iran would not be serious and of very short duration. In addition, the world opinion would be changed very rapidly to other issues. Israel’s past two attacks on Iraq and Syria would support this assumption. <br />Israel’s second assumption is that USA, France, and England will not let Israel to lose the war. Yes, Israel may attack Iran. But would USA join in and support Israel as she did for Sadam Hossein? What would be the consequence of this attack? <br />First of all it will unify the Iranian people in one voice against Israel and USA, count on it.<br />Second, the attack will not stop there; it will drag the entire region into an anti-American union against USA-England-France and Israel.<br />The attack will create a very powerful force of dedicated people with one purpose to remove Israel and USA from the region. The attack will be seen as a coordinated attack by USA using Israel as a surrogate.<br />The attack of Sadam Hossein on Iran consolidated Iranian and their government into a united force after1979 revolution. USA must think through the long term implication of a foolish attack on Iran before removing the leash from Israel. We have been at war in both Iraq and Afghanistan for about 7 years; count on a regional war for half-century. USA has been paying the price for our 1953 attack on the Iranian nation.<br />Is USA ready for the consequences of Israeli attack on Iran?<br /><br />Iran, is not an "existential threat" to Israel now! But, Israel should consider the consequences of attacking Iran.My America Journalhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12506562234214428100noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6622866938793901249.post-31458382182985768182009-11-21T15:46:00.000-08:002009-11-25T00:11:42.173-08:00Jerusalem: Israel and PalestinesSaint Michael Traveler<br /><br />The issue of Jerusalem is complex and can not be decided by Israel or the United States. This city is religious holy city belonging to Jews, Muslims and Christians. This city should not be controlled by a theocratic Jewish state; in that case, it should be an <strong>open international city</strong>.<br /><br />What are the options for the Arabs-Jewish region? <br /><br /> <strong>The two-state models for Palestine and Israel</strong> <br /> <br /> <strong>Federal State of Israel-Palestine</strong> <br /><br />The two-state models for Palestinian and Israeli is not working. Many experts on the Middle Eastern politics and people indicate that a two state solution in not viable model. We have struggled with it for nearly 60 years. The advocates for one-state solution stress that under a two-state solution, Jerusalem can not be the capital of Israel. <br /> <br />Practically the region is one State. Israel controls the entire region in air and on the ground. Non-Jewish residents are tolerated as less than second class inhabitants. Both Jewish and Palestinians have paid a high price for a failed two-state system; we have to consider the human side of the Israeli-Jewish struggle for a lasting peace. Should we Americans, or the people of the world allow how Israel treats non-Jewish people and other nations... killing them, destroying their homes, taking over their land, and placing them in slavery, like how Palestinians have been treated last 60 years?<br /><br />The chance for creating a two state solution is dead. I suggest that only as one nation, Federal State of Israel-Palestine, the peace may endure. We, Americans, have <strong>failed to see the both side of the struggle </strong>for a lasting peace. As Semitic people, they have common historical and religious heritage. <br /><br />Those who advocate one-state solution as a Federal State would also suggest <strong>Jerusalem as the capital of the Federation.</strong>My America Journalhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12506562234214428100noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6622866938793901249.post-73174720452524925002009-11-06T07:22:00.000-08:002009-11-25T01:00:11.588-08:00Israel and Iran: Nuclear Disarmament and Foreign PolicySaint Michael Traveler<br /><br /><strong>The national security is the driving force for Iran.</strong> If security is good for Israel, then, it is also good for Turks, Persians and Arabs. <br /> <br />Israel is the only nuclear bomb state in the Middle East. A nuclear bomb free Middle East will remove pressure from all the other nations, including Iran to develop nuclear bomb in the future for deterrence against Israeli's nuclear bombs. <br /><br />Soviet Union had to develop the nuclear bomb because USA had already developed nuclear bomb and we (President Truman) were making sure the Russians knew it. India, China and Pakistan developed the nuclear bomb because the other nations, i.e. India and China, Pakistan and India, used the bomb as deterrence against the other. Israel developed the bomb because of her fear of the Arabs; Iran was a friend and collaborator of Israel at the time. Now, Israel demands that she must be the only nation in the region to have the nuclear bomb.<br /><br />President Truman said: <br />"Starting an atomic war is totally unthinkable for rational men."<br />[Truman, public Papers]<br /><br />Let us create a win-win situation for all of the nations in the Middle East. The nuclear disarmament must start somewhere, where to start? I suggest the following three steps to correct our failed foreign policy with respect to the Middle East: <br /><br /><strong>1. Nuclear Fuel Cycle Iranian Consortium:</strong> <br />USA should join the Iranian nuclear fuel consortium. The other nation may include Japan, Germany, France, Russia and England to actively monitor the Iranian fuel cycle activity. IAEA has consistently asserted that the agency could not find any indications that Iran is diverting the fuel cycle for nuclear bomb development. Iran has asserted that their activities are limited to development of fuel for nuclear reactor. <br /><br /><strong>2. Nuclear Shield:</strong> <br />An international nuclear shield for all nations in the Middle East, including Iran, Israel, Turkey and all the Arab nations in the region.<br /><br /><strong>3. A nuclear- bomb-free Middle East:</strong><br />This action will remove any pressure from Iran to develop nuclear bomb in the future for deterrence against nuclear bomb Israeli state. <br /><br />We and our representatives in the Congress must stop the hideous play of hypocrisy and face the facts in the Middle East, Israel has nuclear bombs. For almost 50 years we have been playing this game of patsy to Israel and her demands. We must place our national interest above those of Israel and recognize that we must be fair in dealing with all the nations in the region. <br /><br />The United States must be the international leader for Nuclear Disarmament; Mr. President Obama I suggest we should start with Israel.My America Journalhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12506562234214428100noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6622866938793901249.post-49224305891896578422009-10-29T11:06:00.000-07:002009-11-25T00:13:50.035-08:00Why Obama’s Iran Policy Will Fail: CBS NewsSaint Michael Traveler<br /><br />The article by CBS News: <strong><a href="http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2009/10/29/opinion/main5449495.shtml">Why Obama's Iran Policy Will Fail</a></strong> article is right on the target. Dilip Hiro states: "The Administration Remains Stuck in Bush Mode in a Changed World."<br /><br />Any prospect for a non-belligerent foreign policy by US congress toward Iran is not expected. The U.S. House Foreign Affairs Committee Wednesday passed the Iran Refined Petroleum Sanctions Act, a bill targeting Tehran and the firms conducting energy business with Iran. The recent bill, part of a larger effort to hurt Iranian people, was instigated to force Iran to abandon her nuclear enrichment program. Those who voted for the bill assumed that they were giving the Obama administration stronger powers to sanction companies that provide Iranian people gasoline, diesel and other refined petroleum fuels.<br /><br />The bill would give a legitimate reason to Iran to fear US government sincerity for fair play. This action is a hideous expression of hypocrisy [http://straveler-myamerica.blogspot.com/]. I suggest the following three steps to correct our failed foreign policy with respect to the Middle East:<br /><br />1. Nuclear Fuel Cycle Iranian Consortium:<br />USA should join the consortium among others Japan, Germany, France and England to actively monitor the Iranian fuel cycle activity too. IAEA has consistently asserted that the agency could not find any indications that Iran is diverting the fuel cycle for nuclear bomb development. Iran has asserted that their activities are limited to development of fuel for nuclear reactor. <br /><br />2. Nuclear Shield<br />An international nuclear shield for all nations in the Middle East, including Iran, from nuclear bomb states; <br /><br />3. A nuclear- bomb-free Middle East<br />This action will remove any pressure from Iran to develop nuclear bomb in the future for deterrence against nuclear bomb Israeli state.<br /><br />President Harry Truman in 1946 gave this statement about nuclear bomb:<br /><br />"It is a terrible weapon, and it should not be used on innocent men, women and children who have nothing whatever to do with this military aggression. That happens when it is used." He was referring to using the bomb on Japan.<br /><br />Our representative in the Congress must stop the hideous play of hypocrisy and face the facts in the Middle East.My America Journalhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12506562234214428100noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6622866938793901249.post-63284759531637135212009-10-24T08:47:00.000-07:002009-11-25T00:16:56.863-08:00The hideous cost of hypocrisy & nuclear warheadsSaint Michael Traveler<br /><br />Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty (NPT or NNPT), 1968, is a treaty to limit the spread of nuclear weapons. To be in compliance with NPT, we need to stop hypocrisy and eliminate the nuclear warheads in possession of the following nations: <br /><br />Nuclear Warheads 2009<br />US: 9552<br />Russia: 12987<br />UK: 192<br />China: 176<br />France: 300<br />India: 75<br />Pakistan: 90<br />Israel: 200<br />North Korea: 2 <br /><br />SOURCE:<br />http://thebulletin.metapress.com/home/main.mpx">BULLETIN OF ATOMIC SCIENTISTS, GUARDIAN/DEFENCE ESTIMATES<br /><br />Iran singed the NPT. Under this treaty Iran has the rights to enrich uranium, use nuclear byproducts for research, medicine, agriculture and produce nuclear electric power. There is no dispute that Iran is already a nuclear state. The states with this capacity are many; among them are Japan and Germany. Iran does not have any nuclear weapons and according to IAEA is in compliance with the terms of the treaty. <br /><br />Under NPT, Iran is able to produce fuel for nuclear energy production. Iran has already informed IAEA about construction of the facility at Qom for enrichment of nuclear fuel. But Iran should show and be in compliance with IAEA requirements for NPT.<br /><br />I suggest the following three steps to eliminate potential for violation of NPT by Iran and developing nuclear weapon in the future:<br /><br />1. Nuclear Fuel Cycle Iranian Consortium:<br />USA should join the consortium among others Japan, Germany, France and England to actively monitor the Iranian fuel cycle activity too. IAEA has consistently asserted that the agency could not find any indications that Iran is diverting the fuel cycle for nuclear bomb development. Iran has asserted that their activities are limited to development of fuel for nuclear reactor. <br /><br />2. Nuclear Shield<br />An international nuclear shield for all nations in the Middle East, including Iran, from nuclear bomb states; <br /><br />3. A nuclear- bomb-free Middle East<br />This action will remove any pressure from Iran to develop nuclear bomb in the future for deterrence against nuclear bomb Israeli state.<br /><br />President Harry Truman in 1946 gave this statement about nuclear bomb:<br /><br /><em>"It is a terrible weapon, and it should not be used on innocent men, women and children who have nothing whatever to do with this military aggression. That happens when it is used."</em>He was referring to using the bomb on Japan. <br /><br />I support President Obama's quest for reduction of the nuclear warheads in USA and Russia. However, The treaty requires that the members give up their rights to have nuclear weapons for defense; those who had nuclear weapons and had signed the NPT had agreed to eliminate their nuclear weapons. China, England, France, Russia, and USA had singed the NPT treaty. All these nations are in violation of the NPT.<br /><br />Among the 189 countries party to the treaty, five nations have nuclear weapons: the United States, Russia, the United Kingdom, China and France (also permanent members of the UN Security Council).My America Journalhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12506562234214428100noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6622866938793901249.post-46050400852319248652009-09-10T11:58:00.000-07:002009-11-25T00:18:14.018-08:00International Peace: IsraelSaint Michael Traveler<br /><br />Israel’s nuclear warheads are existential threat to the world, especially Iran. There is a gradual process underway within Israeli military, <a href="http://www.richardsilverstein.com/tikun_olam/2009/07/30/iran-israel-tightens-screws-for-war/">intelligence and political circles which will lead to war with Iran</a>. <br />What are USA's options in regard to Israel, a nuclear bomb state? <br />Should Iran not develop nuclear bomb in the future for <a href="http://www.richardsilverstein.com/tikun_olam/2009/07/30/iran-israel-tightens-screws-for-war/">deterrence against Israel?</a>. <br />What are the steps required from Iran to allay our fear that she would not develop Nuclear Bomb in the future? <br /> <br /><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Treaty">Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty </a>(NPT or NNPT), 1968, is a treaty to limit the spread of <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nuclear_weapon">nuclear weapons</a>. Among the <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_parties_to_the_Nuclear_Non-Proliferation_Treaty">189 countries party to the treaty</a>, five nations have nuclear weapons: the United States, Russia, the United Kingdom, China and France (also permanent members of the <br /><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/UN_Security_Council">UN Security Council</a>).<br /> <br /><strong>Nuclear Warheads </strong> <strong> 2009</strong><br /> US: 9552 <br /> Russia: 12987 <br /> UK: 192 <br /> China: 176 <br /> France: 300 <br /> India: 75 <br /> Pakistan: 90 <br /> Israel: 200 <br />North Korea: 2 <br /><br />SOURCE: <br />http://thebulletin.metapress.com/home/main.mpx">BULLETIN OF ATOMIC SCIENTISTS, GUARDIAN/DEFENCE ESTIMATES<br /><br /><br />Iran singed the NPT. Under this treaty Iran has the rights to enrich uranium, use nuclear byproducts for research, medicine, agriculture and produce nuclear electric power. There is no dispute that Iran is already a nuclear state. The states with this capacity are many; among them are Japan and Germany. Iran does not have any nuclear weapons and according to IAEA is in compliance with the terms of the treaty. <br /><br />The treaty requires that the members give up their rights to have nuclear weapons for defense; those who had nuclear weapons and had signed the NPT had agreed to eliminate their nuclear weapons. <strong>China, England, France, Russia, and USA had singed the NPT treaty. All these nations are in violation of the NPT. </strong> <br /><br />I suggest the following three steps to eliminate potential for violation of NPT by Iran and developing nuclear weapon in the future:<br /><br /><strong>1. Nuclear Fuel Cycle Iranian Consortium:</strong> <br />USA should join the consortium among others Japan, Germany, France and England to actively monitor the Iranian fuel cycle activity too. IAEA has consistently asserted that the agency could not find any indications that Iran is diverting the fuel cycle for nuclear bomb development. Iran has asserted that their activities are limited to development of fuel for nuclear reactor. <br /><br /><strong>2. Nuclear Shield </strong><br />An international nuclear shield for all nations in the Middle East, including Iran, from nuclear bomb states; <br /><br /><strong>3. A nuclear- bomb-free Middle East </strong><br />This action will remove any pressure from Iran to develop nuclear bomb in the future for <a href="http://www.richardsilverstein.com/tikun_olam/2009/07/30/iran-israel-tightens-screws-for-war/">deterrence against nuclear bomb Israeli state</a>. <br /><br /><br /><a href="http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/58/NagasakibombEdit.jpeg/200px-NagasakibombEdit.jpeg"><img style="float:right; margin:0 0 10px 10px;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 200px; height: 239px;" src="http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/58/NagasakibombEdit.jpeg/200px-NagasakibombEdit.jpeg" border="0" alt="" /></a><br /><strong>How did Israel acquire nuclear bomb?</strong> French built the <a href="http://www.gwu.edu/~nsarchiv/israel/documents/reveal/index.html">Dimona</a> heavy water reactor, trained and installed the facility for processing irradiated fuel to produce weapons-grade nuclear material. Approximately 2,700 scientists, technicians, administrative staff, and other workers are employed at Dimona. Since the facility was constructed in the late 1950's the surrounding land has been altered to sustain groves of palms and gardens positioned to obscure the facility from the road and air. French built reactor at Dimona . The financial cost of the facility was paid by Germany.<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjTSwDH49HQJDisO7DzkuPidWlT8e116d1oU2oEuU4lQgZpz_bY6fO6svdtnbFkKsZs8xsQtPNGZhpyDSVfQnXkKVJA05hmgVAArGziyyWuwZSLO7hQizKSxsGWodAWV-SwkdLvBLMOSqE/s1600-h/IsraelReactor.bmp"><img style="float:right; margin:0 0 10px 10px;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 200px; height: 146px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjTSwDH49HQJDisO7DzkuPidWlT8e116d1oU2oEuU4lQgZpz_bY6fO6svdtnbFkKsZs8xsQtPNGZhpyDSVfQnXkKVJA05hmgVAArGziyyWuwZSLO7hQizKSxsGWodAWV-SwkdLvBLMOSqE/s200/IsraelReactor.bmp" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5379992309377700018" /></a><br />The Dimona reactor is in the lower-left corner of the image.<br />Mordechai Vanunu, Israeli nuclear technician, in 1986, provided descriptions and photographs of of the Dimona facility. This information supported the conclusion that Israel had a stockpile of 100 to 200 nuclear devices, a significantly larger nuclear capability than previously estimated.<br /><br /><a href="http://swampland.blogs.time.com/2009/09/11/irans-gambit/">Mordechai Vanunu</a>, based on Eileen Fleming comment, told: "President Kennedy tried to stop Israel from building atomic weapons. In 1963, he forced Prime Minister Ben Guirion to admit the Dimona was not a textile plant, as the sign outside proclaimed, but a nuclear plant.<br /><br />"The Prime Minister said, ‘The nuclear reactor is only for peace.’ Kennedy insisted on an open internal inspection. He wrote letters demanding that Ben Guirion open up the Dimona for inspection. The French were responsible for the actual building of the Dimona. The Germans gave the money; they were feeling guilty for the Holocaust, and tried to pay their way out.<br /><br />"Everything inside was written in French, when I was there, almost twenty years ago. Back then, the Dimona descended seven floors underground. In 1955, Perez and Guirion met with the French to agree they would get a nuclear reactor if they fought against Egypt to control the Sinai and Suez Canal. That was the war of 1956. Eisenhower demanded that Israel leave the Sinai, but the reactor plant deal continued on. Kennedy demanded inspections.<br /><br />"When Johnson became president, he made an agreement with Israel that two senators would come every year to inspect. Before the senators would visit, the Israelis would build a wall to block the underground elevators and stairways. From 1963 to ’69, the senators came, but they never knew about the wall that hid the rest of the Dimona from them.<br /><br />"Nixon stopped the inspections and agreed to ignore the situation. As a result, Israel increased production. In 1986, there were over two hundred bombs. Today, they may have enough plutonium for ten bombs a year." <br />Unfortunately <a href="http://news.myjoyonline.com/photos/news/avigdor-lieberman.jpg"><img style="float:right; margin:0 0 10px 10px;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 244px; height: 183px;" src="http://news.myjoyonline.com/photos/news/avigdor-lieberman.jpg" border="0" alt="" /></a><br />Israel’s nuclear warheads are existential threat to the Middle Eastern nations, especially Iran. American and Western European nations (France, Germany, England) collusion in their acceptance of Israel’s nuclear arsenal makes them hypocrites. Israeli nuclear bombs is one of the causes for the Middle Eastern regional instability. Our attention has been on nuclear fuel cycle of Iran, and we accepted that Israel had nuclear bombs and has been <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/wearewideawake/show/">existential threat </a>to the international <a href="http://www.wearewideawake.org/">peace</a>. <br /> <br />The Middle East should be the starting point toward a world free of all nuclear bombs. <br /><a href="http://sites.google.com/site/saintmtraveler/">Saint Michael Traveler</a>My America Journalhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12506562234214428100noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6622866938793901249.post-22727836495176148252009-07-07T14:25:00.000-07:002009-11-25T00:20:55.485-08:00US Foreign policy and the Iranian ProgressivesSaint Michael Traveler<br /><br />Do we bear some responsibility for election and re-election of Ahmadinejad? Yes we do! <br /><br /> Paul Findley in his article “ Cool Clinton Response to Khatami Initiative Shows Israel-Inspired Dual Containment Policy Not Yet Dead”, Washington Report on Middle East Affairs, April 1998, Pages 32, 101,<br /> “If President Clinton does not quickly come up with a generous, cooperative response he will leave a sorely embarrassed Khatami hanging, twisting in the wind—an easy target for the radical religious leadership within Iran that opposes any rapprochement with the United States and seems to have control over most foreign policy questions. The hard-liners in the Iranian government will have a field day and may well be able to discredit the new president, despite the 70 percent vote he received.” <br /><br /> <br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhkP6qwiKohFMw_Fkizi4z2Qy0xmom3kmLCsX7UMs0hW5G-WaEEQh-VA1QoiqaIxV5g8Q0D3x0bfIloJQntcOfX3vNG3GM85R3WWSzNgQfNJUPXNilzJfFZHgdi9RxpifIjp0Ik0CUmV4A/s200/Iranian+election+women.jpg"><img style="float:right; margin:0 0 10px 10px;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 200px; height: 132px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhkP6qwiKohFMw_Fkizi4z2Qy0xmom3kmLCsX7UMs0hW5G-WaEEQh-VA1QoiqaIxV5g8Q0D3x0bfIloJQntcOfX3vNG3GM85R3WWSzNgQfNJUPXNilzJfFZHgdi9RxpifIjp0Ik0CUmV4A/s200/Iranian+election+women.jpg" border="0" alt="" /></a><br /><br /><a href="http://iranpoliticsclub.net/photos/2009protests-inside2/index.htm">Progressive Iranian Movement</a><br /><br />Our past political mistakes, and financial burdens we have placed on the Iranian people will not advance our long term American interests. To assist the Progressive movement in Iran, allow a greater exchange between the two societies, remove the burdens placed on the Iranian people by economic sanctions and restrictions. It is foolish to punish the people for our disagreements with their government. By removing the burden, we allow change in demographics of Iran toward a larger middle class; thus, it will shift the internal Iranian policy from Traditionalists toward the Progressives. We must support the Iranian Progressives. The Progressives are young, better educated and often the middle class segment of the Iranian population. Iranian Traditionalist (religious, very nationalistic, often poor, and under educated) voted for re-election of Ahmadinejad.<br /><br />We will not advance our American interests, or the Progressive Iranian movement, by listening to those who advocate a more aggressive policy toward Iran.My America Journalhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12506562234214428100noreply@blogger.com0