(SF novel) East of Nakba (66)

 

(Japanese Version)

 

Part I. Israel bombs a nuclear plant in Iran (63)

 

Chapter 24 US Military embarks on (1) Kill before you are killed (1/2)


 

The turmoil in the Persian Gulf region was further escalated by the US containment policy of Iran, which was triggered by the alleged nuclear development in Iran. It was the US logic that once Iran took lead in nuclear development in the region, the entire Middle East would become unstable and Iranian nuclear weapons might be smuggled to Islamic terrorist organizations in the future.

 

But the U.S. vital interest was Israeli security. For the United States, Israel itself was located far from U.S. where was geographically on the opposite side of the world beyond the Atlantic Ocean. And Israel was not so much economic significance for U.S. Nevertheless, the United States supported Israel because politicians were manipulated by the pressure of the Israeli lobby. And the Christian right-wing had special feelings for the sanctuary Jerusalem in Israel. Furthermore, the 9/11 attacks by Arab terrorist ignited the Islamophobia within U.S. citizen. Israel and its U.S. lobbyists made use of such phenomena utmost.

 

(To be continued ----)

 

 

Areha Kazuya

(From an ordinary citizen in the cloud)

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