It is impossible to deny that Iran is a dangerous, out-of-control regime—yes, a “rogue” regime.
This is how the "left" in America has been co-opted. Liberal cheerleaders for American exceptionalism and empire that replicate the sentiments of the neo-cons in a soft-cop kind of way with nonsensical suggestions like Dreyfuss' assertion that the problem here is that the United States now "lacks crediblity" in it's international security dealings with Iran.
That is a thought trap. Which is why we must keep our eye on the ball.
US imperialism didn't begin under George Bush Jr. Nor did US credibility tank from some illusory high standard under George Bush Jr. Every time the neo-cons in progressive drag come out to play, it must be stated that Clinton's almost decade long economic stranglehold over a very weak Iraq caused between 500,00 to 1 million Iraqi deaths. All the while, the US along with France and the UK were conducting an illegal decade long bombing campaign in what they designated 'No Fly Zones' which were never sanctioned by the United Nations. US 'credibility' in the realm of international affairs has long been nonexistent. Whenever the US executive branch decides breaches int'l law, there is a chorus of fake left commentators harkening back to the good ole days that ended the day before said legal breach. The pattern is easy to see. But NPR, The Nation, Mother Jones and other fake left organizations never fail to validate the pretense, perpetuating myths and lies.
On the subject of Iran's possible nuclear arsenal, what can one say that hasn't been said so many times before? The US possesses the largest nuclear arsenal. The US is the only country that has purposely used nuclear weapons on a civilian population etc.. The hypocrisy of the entire Iran nuclear discussion couldn't be more obvious. But again, you have so many on the fake left, validating the pretense by taking the discussion seriously and not mentioning obvious historical or present fact regarding the United States and nuclear weapons.
Global security will remain an elusive abstraction until Americans, starting with the American Left, acknowledge obvious truths regarding the US' existing arsenal and how it encourages global nuclear proliferation. When it comes to nuclear weapons the US gov't hasn't the moral authority to demand anything of any nation. Nothing could be more obvious. However, in America, the obvious can't be taken for granted as being such. That's obvious.
