Pompeo was 'even vergeten' dat Trump de Iran-nucleaire deal heeft verscheurt, de VS heeft teruggetrokken uit die deal en Iran illegaal zware sancties heeft opgelegd....... Door die sancties is het land extra hard getroffen door het Coronavirus, nadat er vóór de Coronacrisis al veel ouderen, chronisch zieken en kinderen zijn overleden door tekorten aan medicijnen en medische apparatuur, juist vanwege de illegale VS sancties, ondanks dat heeft Iran veel meer succes met het bestrijden van het virus dan de VS, waar men nog steeds achter de feiten aanloopt... (zo meer daarover)
Iran is volgens Pompeo en de rest van de Trump administratie een groot verspreider van terreur, ook al een meer dan belachelijke beschuldiging, daar de VS verreweg de grootste terreurentiteit op aarde is, een land dat alleen deze eeuw al ruim meer dan 2,5 miljoen mensen heeft vermoord: -in illegale oorlogen, -in geheime militaire missies o.l.v. de CIA, -middels drones, waarbij meer dan 90% van de slachtoffers niet eens werd verdacht, dus veelal vrouwen en kinderen, -door opstanden georganiseerd door de CIA en tot slot -in staatsgrepen uitgevoerd in landen die de VS niet welgevallig zijn...... Aan dat soort grootschalige en barbaarse terreur kan Iran bij wijze van spreken nog niet in duizend jaar tippen.......
Nogmaals: als er één land is dat wat betreft het Coronavirus volkomen achter de feiten aanloopt (waar Nederland heel dicht in de buurt komt) is het de VS wel, meer dan 50.000 Crononadoden, honderden miljarden dollars voor: -het bedrijfsleven, -de aandeelhouders en -de welgestelden, terwijl massa's mensen werkloos zijn geworden, niet verzekerd zijn en geen geld hebben om bijvoorbeeld een chemokuur te betalen, waardoor in 'het land van de ongekende mogelijkheden' mensen overlijden daar ze simpelweg te arm zijn om medicatie en therapie te betalen......
Iran Launches US Fury
Mike Pompeo, America's top diplomat, is demanding more sanctions against Iran over what he claimed was a violation of UN resolutions outlawing Iranian military missiles in space. He called on the "Iranian regime" to prioritise resources in the midst of the COVID-19 pandemic and to end its campaign of global terror".
You have to hand it to Pompeo for his total lack of awareness of America's own absurdity.
Pompeo cited UN Resolution 2231 which pertains to the 2015 international nuclear accord with Iran – the same accord that the Trump administration dumped in May 2018. So, Washington wants Iran to abide by resolutions relating to a treaty that is non-existent, as far as the US is concerned.
In any case, Iran says that its communication satellite does not violate UN resolutions because it is not for an offensive military purpose. Russia has reportedly backed the Iranian viewpoint.
Pompeo points to the involvement of Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) in the launch as somehow indicative of malign intent ignoring the fact that military and space technology are historically deeply entwined. None more so than in the US space ventures, which originated from Nazi V2 rocket science.
A first military satellite named Noor is launched into orbit by Iran's Revolutionary Guards Corps, in Semnan, Iran April 22, 2020
The US lecturing to Iran about a military satellite comes only weeks after President Trump has ordered the establishment of a new Space Force which opens up weaponization of space – in contravention of an international treaty forbidding such development.
The abject fiasco of Washington not being able to better contain the pandemic is a result of chronically underfunded health services in the US. This is while the US sends warships to the Persian Gulf – 10,000 kilometers from its shores – to carry out naval maneuvers threatening Iranian security and the security of the wider region. Just who is waging a global terror campaign?
Pompeo's piffle about "prioritising resources" comes from a regime in Washington that spends more than $750 billion on the military every year. That's nearly 57 times the estimated $13 billion that Iran spends. And, by the way, five times more than China, and more than 10 times Russia's military budget.
[De psychopathische massamoordenaar Mike Pompeo, die als Trump, Obama en Clinton (de vrouwelijke variant) vervolgd zou moeten worden door het Internationaal Strafhof (ICC), dit voor oorlogsmisdaden en misdaden tegen de menselijkheid] Photo: Reuters
American citizens' demand for better healthcare could be easily met if its monstrously profligate military expenditure was redirected. The failure of the US public health system is made all the more apparent by the current COVID-19 crisis.
The US pandemic death toll is this week heading above 50,000 compared with Iran's figure of 5,300. Considering the respective population numbers of 330 and 80 million that suggests Iran is doing a much better job at containing the virus. On a per-capita basis, according to publicly available data, Iran's mortality rate is less than half that of the US.
This is while the US has sanctioned Iran to the hilt. American sanctions – arguably illegal under international law – have hit Iran's ability to import medical supplies to cope with COVID-19 and other fatal diseases, yet Iran through its own resources is evidently managing the crisis much better than the US.
To top it all, Iran this week was able to launch its first satellite into space. The Iranians deserve applause for their technological achievement-based entirely on their own resources and ingenuity of their scientists.
What's really motivating Washington's ire is that its criminal and barbaric sanctions policy is shown – spectacularly – to be an abysmal flop. Even with so many resources at its disposal, the US has failed to thwart the Iranian nation.
It would also explain Trump's crazed order this week to the US navy to "shoot down" Iranian vessels in the Persian Gulf.
Washington’s presumed global empire is all washed up. Its disgraceful dereliction towards American public health is abundantly clear. Its bullying of China, Russia, Venezuela, and others is futile. Its navy is impotent from COVID-19 sick sailors aboard billion-dollar warships. And Iran, hammered by US sanctions, is able to make a landmark satellite achievement while beating the US in terms of managing a pandemic. No wonder the Americans are livid.
Finian Cunningham has written extensively on international affairs, with articles published in several languages. He is a Master’s graduate in Agricultural Chemistry and worked as a scientific editor for the Royal Society of Chemistry, Cambridge, England, before pursuing a career in newspaper journalism. He is also a musician and songwriter. For nearly 20 years, he worked as an editor and writer in major news media organisations, including The Mirror, Irish Times and Independent. - "Source"
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