{"id":3795,"date":"2011-11-05T20:25:47","date_gmt":"2011-11-06T03:25:47","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.crookedbough.com\/?p=3795"},"modified":"2011-11-05T20:48:28","modified_gmt":"2011-11-06T03:48:28","slug":"is-cold-war-just-a-structural-product-of-us-foreign-policy-us-military-industrial-complex-cant-succeed-without-and-an-antagonist","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.crookedbough.com\/?p=3795","title":{"rendered":"Is Cold War just a structural product of US Foreign Policy?  US military industrial complex can&#8217;t &#8216;succeed&#8217; without an antagonist?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Iran Plot: A Pretext for War<\/strong><br \/>\nBy Richard Javad Heydarian, November 4, 2011<\/p>\n<p>For many Iran observers, Washington\u2019s latest accusations against Iran \u2014 implicating members of Iran\u2019s Revolutionary Guard in an alleged plot to assassinate the Saudi ambassador to the United States \u2014 come off as surreal, if not wholly bizarre.<\/p>\n<p>At this juncture, it may be too early to pass a credible judgment on the substance and validity of the allegations, but there are just too many reasons to dismiss them as another cynical attempt to further isolate Iran. In the greater scheme of things, such accusations might be part of America\u2019s strategy to push its \u201cregime change\u201d agenda in Iran. Although only a trial in an impartial, credible, and civilian court could shed light on the truthfulness of the U.S. claims, we have every reason to take Washington\u2019s allegations with a grain of salt.<\/p>\n<p>In geo-strategic terms, these allegations might pave the way for a new stage of \u201ccold war\u201d between Iran on one hand, and the United States and its [Persian] Gulf allies, such as Saudi Arabia, on the other. As U.S. troops withdraw from Iraq and popular revolutions engulf much of the Middle East, the last thing Washington needs is to extinguish the prospect of a negotiated solution to Tehran\u2019s nuclear program. Instead, Washington should accommodate Iran\u2019s increasing interest in restarting nuclear negotiations and improving ties with its neighbors and the great powers. This is our best chance at avoiding another major clash in the region, embroiling America in an even more destructive conflict.  <a href=\"http:\/\/www.fpif.org\/articles\/iran_plot_a_pretext_for_war?\">&#8230;more<\/a><\/p>\n<div class=\"igit_tsb_button\" style=\"float: left; margin-right: 10px;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/twitter.com\/share?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.crookedbough.com%2F%3Fp%3D3795&amp;text=Is+Cold+War+just+a+structural+product+of+US+Foreign+Policy%3F++US+military+industrial+complex+can%27t+%27succeed%27+without+an+antagonist%3F&amp;count=horizontal&amp;via=\" style=\"\" class=\"twitter-share-button\">Tweet<\/a><\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Iran Plot: A Pretext for War By Richard Javad Heydarian, November 4, 2011 For many Iran observers, Washington\u2019s latest accusations against Iran \u2014 implicating members of Iran\u2019s Revolutionary Guard in an alleged plot to assassinate the Saudi ambassador to the United States \u2014 come off as surreal, if not wholly bizarre. At this juncture, it <a href=\"https:\/\/www.crookedbough.com\/?p=3795#more-'\" class=\"more-link\">more \u00bb<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":27,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"ngg_post_thumbnail":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[247],"tags":[2024],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.crookedbough.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3795"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.crookedbough.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.crookedbough.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.crookedbough.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/27"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.crookedbough.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=3795"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.crookedbough.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3795\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.crookedbough.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=3795"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.crookedbough.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=3795"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.crookedbough.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=3795"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}