The U.S. is currently involved in "hot wars in Iraq, Afghanistan, and Pakistan as part of its war of terror. The wars in Iraq and Afghanistan involve hundreds of thousands of U.S. and allied forces.The one in Pakistan so far has involved frequent U.S. missile strikes, a relative few U.S. "special ops troops, U.S. military trainers, and Pakistani forces, either trained, bribed, or both, to fight on behalf of U.S. imperialism. In these various war fronts, millions of people are suffering as a direct result of U.S. actions.
But in addition to the hot wars, there is a silent war being waged against Iran. So far most of the violence has been limited to covert operations, assassinations, and other non-public forms of war. But U.S. imperialism has many tools in its deadly arsenal that do not always take the form of open warfare. Many of these tools have been and are being used against Iran.
So far these have involved a considerable amount of U.S. propaganda, both to isolate the Iranian regime and to prepare the political ground for possible overt warfare. The U.S. has also used diplomacy for the same two reasons, with the additional hope that the Iranian government may actually capitulate and start to do the bidding of the U.S., at least in regard to certain U.S. goals.
Economic sanctions have also played a considerable role in putting pressure on Iran. Most of these weapons have been used in conjunction with the U.S. claim that Iran is using its program to develop nuclear energy as a cover to actually develop nuclear weapons. The U.S. is trying to convince the world that Iran is a dangerous state that can in no way be allowed to acquire nuclear weapons and must be stopped at all costs from doing so.
Therefore it should come as no surprise to learn that U.S. intelligence agencies are now claiming that Iran has enough nuclear fuel to create a nuclear weapon should it choose to do so.
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