Racism Abounds

The Baltimore Sun published an article yesterday by William D. Hartung,No Military Solution. Hartung examines the Bush Administration’s continuing and increasing threats of military action against Iran for its development of nuclear weapons, as the best strategy for addressing the issue with Iran.

I just can’t understand, still, why it is acceptable for the U.S. to make such threats against some countries and not others. Why is it acceptable for Israel, for example, to develop nuclear arms and not Iran? Dick Cheney has been quoted as saying that Iran is engaging in “irresponsible conduct”. Yet the Bushites do not address other “irresponsible conduct” by other countries, not only in the development of nuclear arms, but in the violence that occurs against populations – the plight of Palestinians for example.

This smacks of racism to me. I cannot think of any other justification.