An US-based analyst says by imposing sanctions against Iran's oil sector and central bank, the Western warlords have moved another step closer to a full-blown war with the Islamic Republic.
In an article published on his personal website, Chris Floyd noted that by approving sanctions, the European Union has proven its blind obedience to the dictates of its Washington masters.
During their latest meeting in Brussels on January 23, EU foreign ministers reached an agreement to ban oil imports from Iran, freeze the Iranian Central Bank's assets within the bloc, and forbad sales of diamonds, gold and other precious metals to Iran.
“In imposing these draconian measures on a country which is not at war with any nation…and which is developing a nuclear energy program that is not only entirely legal under international law but is also subject to the most stringent international inspection regime ever seen, the EU is 'targeting the economic lifeline of the regime,' as one of its diplomats put it, with admirable candor,” he added.
The analyst said in addition to having serious, perhaps disastrous effects on many of Europe's sinking economies, including Greece, which are heavy users of Iranian oil, the embargo will be even more catastrophic for millions of innocent people in Iran.
“Already the lives of these innocent people are being diminished and degraded by the series of sanctions imposed by the United States and its pack of tail-wagging Euro puppies,” he noted.
Floyd said the West claims the aim of all these sanctions is to "force Iran back to the negotiating table" over its nuclear program.
“This is patent nonsense. Innumerable 'negotiations' -- including major concessions by Iran -- have been rejected by Washington and the puppies,” he noted.
“The aim of this endless string of sanctions, this constant tightening of the noose, is not more 'negotiations.' It is regime change, by any means necessary,” Floyd stated.
To back up his conclusion, the analyst then quoted Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov as saying that Iran sanctions have “nothing to do with a desire to strengthen the nuclear nonproliferation. They're aimed at stifling the Iranian economy and the population in an apparent hope to provoke discontent."
Floyd stated that the West perfectly knows that sanctions will not drive the Iranian regime from power, and under the cover of sanctions, they are pursuing a two-fold strategy.
“First, while long-running sanctions do not in themselves overturn a regime, they do make the entire country much weaker…making it a much softer target when you finally decide to pull the trigger on military action,” he said.
Floyd added that the second strategy, which he thinks much more relevant to this case, is the hope that ever-tightening sanctions will provoke a violent response from the victim, thereby "justifying" a war of "self-defense" against the "unprovoked" attack.
The Iranians, he said, have already threatened to close the Straits of Hormuz if the EU goes through with its embargo and this would likely be the "Pearl Harbor" moment the war-mongers are waiting for; an "unprovoked" attack aimed at "targeting the economic lifeline" of the West.
Floyd said even if the Iranians back down on that threat and this latest provocation doesn't do the trick, “rest assured there are more coming in the pipeline.”
“The bipartisan goal remains the same: 'regime change in strategic lands laden with natural resources.' And our masters have already demonstrated that they do not care how many people are ruined -- or are killed -- in pursuit of this aim,” he concluded.
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In an article published on his personal website, Chris Floyd noted that by approving sanctions, the European Union has proven its blind obedience to the dictates of its Washington masters.
During their latest meeting in Brussels on January 23, EU foreign ministers reached an agreement to ban oil imports from Iran, freeze the Iranian Central Bank's assets within the bloc, and forbad sales of diamonds, gold and other precious metals to Iran.
“In imposing these draconian measures on a country which is not at war with any nation…and which is developing a nuclear energy program that is not only entirely legal under international law but is also subject to the most stringent international inspection regime ever seen, the EU is 'targeting the economic lifeline of the regime,' as one of its diplomats put it, with admirable candor,” he added.
The analyst said in addition to having serious, perhaps disastrous effects on many of Europe's sinking economies, including Greece, which are heavy users of Iranian oil, the embargo will be even more catastrophic for millions of innocent people in Iran.
“Already the lives of these innocent people are being diminished and degraded by the series of sanctions imposed by the United States and its pack of tail-wagging Euro puppies,” he noted.
Floyd said the West claims the aim of all these sanctions is to "force Iran back to the negotiating table" over its nuclear program.
“This is patent nonsense. Innumerable 'negotiations' -- including major concessions by Iran -- have been rejected by Washington and the puppies,” he noted.
“The aim of this endless string of sanctions, this constant tightening of the noose, is not more 'negotiations.' It is regime change, by any means necessary,” Floyd stated.
To back up his conclusion, the analyst then quoted Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov as saying that Iran sanctions have “nothing to do with a desire to strengthen the nuclear nonproliferation. They're aimed at stifling the Iranian economy and the population in an apparent hope to provoke discontent."
Floyd stated that the West perfectly knows that sanctions will not drive the Iranian regime from power, and under the cover of sanctions, they are pursuing a two-fold strategy.
“First, while long-running sanctions do not in themselves overturn a regime, they do make the entire country much weaker…making it a much softer target when you finally decide to pull the trigger on military action,” he said.
Floyd added that the second strategy, which he thinks much more relevant to this case, is the hope that ever-tightening sanctions will provoke a violent response from the victim, thereby "justifying" a war of "self-defense" against the "unprovoked" attack.
The Iranians, he said, have already threatened to close the Straits of Hormuz if the EU goes through with its embargo and this would likely be the "Pearl Harbor" moment the war-mongers are waiting for; an "unprovoked" attack aimed at "targeting the economic lifeline" of the West.
Floyd said even if the Iranians back down on that threat and this latest provocation doesn't do the trick, “rest assured there are more coming in the pipeline.”
“The bipartisan goal remains the same: 'regime change in strategic lands laden with natural resources.' And our masters have already demonstrated that they do not care how many people are ruined -- or are killed -- in pursuit of this aim,” he concluded.
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