The
above is a three minute and thirteen second video of Melanie Philips
calling for war with Iran due to the threat that country poses to
Britain's national security. It quite amazed me, this lady actually
seems to want death and destruction, it seems to be preferable to her
to peaceful resolutions with a country that hasn't launched an
aggressive war in over two hundred years. Ms. Philips portrays the
Iranian political elite as irrational religious fundamentalists, who
cannot be reasoned with as their overwhelming desire is to set the
world on fire to bring about the return of the twelfth Imam. They must therefore be wiped out.
Upon
seeing this clip I pulled my Iran books of the shelf and was going to
blog about why Ms. Philips was wrong about Iran's irrationality
and appetite for destruction, how it is in fact the United States
(Britain in tow) that has continuously and deliberately sabotaged
negotiations with Iran and thrown attempts at reconciliation made by
Iran back into its face.* Basically the exact opposite of what you
hear on the night time news. But then I read Russell Brand's (also on the
panel that night) take on the whole episode in the Guardian, and I thought he'd just
captured it perfectly, so I'll just quote him instead. (He's referring to meeting the other panelists before the show)
"Somehow,
after a polite hello from Boris and a reference to the MSNBC clip, I
end up being mother (which was weird, because my actual mother was
there, so I don't know who she was being) and serve the drinks. A few
people have wine, most have water, and I wind up chatting to Melanie
Phillips. Melanie is a columnist for the Daily Mail and is mostly
known for her knee-jerk, right-wing, hang-em-high vitriol. In person,
inconveniently, she is beautiful. Deep brown, soulful eyes, elegant
features and a truthful, caring sincerity in her tone. It is
surprising and bizarre, then, to see her contort on air into a taut,
jabbing Gollum figure, untutored index finger fucking the audience in
the face when they pipe up about Syria or whatever. Oddly, I still
like her, regarding her opinions as an arbitrary appurtenance that
she pops on in public, like a daft hat that says "Immigrants
Out" on the brim. When the audience – who, incidentally, make
all the best points – boo her, I think it a shame. The wall of
condemnation is an audible confirmation that the world is a fearful
and unloving place. Like most of us, Melanie just needs a cuddle."
Sometimes, Geopolitics really aren't the issue.
Full article availible here:
*
See 'Going to Tehran – Why The United States Must Come To Terms
With The Islamic Republic of Iran' by Flynt and Hillary Mann
Leverett. http://goingtotehran.com/the-book
. Additionally if you want a brief take on what the recent election
might mean in Iran, Hillary Mann Leverett is interviewed by CNN here:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tQy3sJSKPkw
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