Vae Victis

Aircraft Carrier? I hardly Know 'Er!

For those of you who have thought that going to war with Iran would be unthinkable, think on the fact that the aircraft carrier USS John C. Stennis will be deployed this month to the Persian Gulf to join aircraft carrier USS Dwight D. Eisenhower in the Persian Gulf. This could easily and understandably be considered a military blockade by the nation of Iran and at the very least, a provocative action.

The United States has a history of provoking native peoples going back to the birth of our nation and then blaming them for our going to war.

Luckily for us, Tehran is so far proving much more civilized than Washington. After all, a military blockade is an act of war. The New York Post reports that the carrier groups are "meant to make Iran rethink its nuclear program" in a hawkish article entitle How to Fight Iran. Not surprisingly, no one is too keen on mentioning that to start another war with Iran, or even a military blockade, would be an act of international terrorism by our own definitions, and George Bush would be considered a terrorist.

According to the United States Criminal Code:

(1) the term "international terrorism" means activities that—

(A) involve violent acts or acts dangerous to human life that are a violation of the criminal laws of the United States or of any State, or that would be a criminal violation if committed within the jurisdiction of the United States or of any State;

(B) appear to be intended—

(i) to intimidate or coerce a civilian population;

(ii) to influence the policy of a government by intimidation or coercion; or

(iii) to affect the conduct of a government by mass destruction, assassination, or kidnapping

In fact, the whole New York Post article is on how to conduct a terrorist operation by a large and well funded terrorist organization. The organization: The United States of America. The funds: Loans from China and Japan as well as United States Taxpayer Dollars.

Pax Americanna et Vae Victis.