The Legality of Theft
By: Soraya Sepahpour-Ulrich
‘The greatest evil is to convert the law to an instrument
of plunder’
There is no doubt the United Nations has become the
organization that converts law to an instrument of plunder. Shortly after its formation in 1945, it made
it clear that it would speak for the might and ignore what is right. So it was
that in 1947 Palestinians had half of their land taken from them and given to Jewish
migrants. Today, the Palestinians do not
have a state, per se.
Mute observers world over watched as
the United States and Israel violated one law after another, covertly, overtly
and ruthlessly under the subservient gaze of the United Nations. Allies traded their dignity and conscience
for the benefit of trade with the empire.
United States, the pied- piper led the pack to moral degradation; greed
and fear prompted the allies to cave in. Having illegally referred Iran to the UNSC by
coercing members, Mr. Bush’s farewell
trip to Europe must have incorporated serious arm-twisting for the European Union once more bent to his will and imposed
further sanctions on Iran at their own detriment. Once again America was successful not only in
deceiving the Security Council members but also it used UN to alter the law.
Ironically, while Mr. Bush was
successful in prohibiting trade with Iran, the United States enjoys the
benefits that come with trading with a shunned state of his making. With uranium at an all time high as result of
demand, the Bush White House has turned to Iranian owned mines in
Africa. According to Reuters “Iran,
which the United States accuses of secretly pursuing nuclear weapons”, has a stake in Rossing Uranium Limited, the world's
biggest open-pit uranium mine in the African state of Namibia”[i] . It is not
just the oil that must be plundered by the U.S., the UN helping, but precious
uranium.
Mr. Bush has demanded that Europe seize
trade with Iran, no doubt forcing it make favorable deals with trade partners,
and hoping that America will not bomb it to oblivion. However, the likely scenario of America
committing genocide so than it can loot all of Iran’s wealth, similar to Iraq,
is a more likely scenario.
UNSC members Russia and China
should pay heed to America’s actions.
According to Azar Gat, Ezer Weizman Professor of National Security at
Tel Aviv University, while slam is not a viable threat unless weapons of mass
destruction fall in the hands of non-state actors, the “nondemocratic great powers” China and
Russia “now operating under authoritarian capitalist” are a threat to democracy
and a free world. Her opinion is that
for the survival of democracy these are to be reckoned with,
China has financed the Iraq war, a
war that has bankrupted America; yet Mr. Bush is planning a third war against Iran
at the behest of Israel. Neglecting the
badly needed healthcare, improved educational system, and the creation of jobs
by improving the infrastructure in this country, he is jeopardizing America’s
future. ‘The greatest evil is to
see the conversion of the law to an instrument of plunder’ and remain silent.
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