Who's ready to Rumble?

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Who’s ready to Rumble?

Talking about war is one thing, executing it is another. This is something many people here in america and around the world forget. If this continues it will be to their detriment. At present the phony and illegal “war on terror” is still being waged in much the same way mccarthy waged his Communist witch hunt in the 1950’s and like mccarthy’s witch hunt people in america and around the world are becoming nauseated with bush’s phony war. Right now bush is trying to whip up support to prepare to invade Iran. Whether or not war with Iran will happen has yet to be seen.
With war being threatened and considered the question is not if war will happen but who has the wherewithal to go to war. If this were 6 years ago people around the world would take american threats seriously. The quagmire in Iraq and failure to crush the anti-war movement have shown otherwise. They have seen american resources stretched to their limits and the american military repeatedly humiliated as seen in Fallujah in 2003. What many people do not realize is that america is actually weaker than people realize.
The weakness of america is most glaring when one takes a look at it’s military. Over the past few decades since Vietnam the american military took new measures in the hopes that they would be able to create a military that would avoid the same kind of humiliation. That has not happened. Instead, the american military has cut corners in recruiting soldiers by not properly screening for criminal history, mental instability, and physical problems as it did during WWII when it did not allow those kind of people to serve. By doing this it has ensured that those who serve in the military will cause problems, as incidents at Abu Ghraib have shown. Furthermore by eliminating the draft the american military has ensured that those people who serve do so willingly and are of a similar mindset. This is shown by a clear lack in proper training of soldiers, who have many technical and weapons skills but their hand-to-hand combat skills are lacking since many have difficulty in street fighting situations without their weapons and kevlar armor, a far cry from 60 years ago. Even with all the reforms the american army and marines introduce to adapt to conditions in Iraq and Afghanistan the resistance in those two areas still adapts as quick as the enemy. Furthermore, the conditions of the machinery the ground forces use is of questionable capability, since the Iraqi military showed in the second gulf war how to defeat an abrams tank, armor has been so light for vehicles, particularly armored personnel carriers and humvees that soldiers have had to sometimes improvise in combat situations to protect themselves and the manufacturers and defense department have not addressed this weakness. Even if american ground forces were to launch an attack into Iran the resistance groups in both Iraq and Afghanistan would be given new impetus to rise up since it will ease pressure in terms of troop concentration in those countries.
The american navy is also not as tough as it appears to be. Four of america’s aircraft carriers have foul hulls, the kitty hawk and enterprise due to age, the john f kennedy due to age and neglect, it is the worst performing carrier and is scheduled to be deactivated in 2006, and the abraham lincoln of “mission accomplished” notoriety due to structural trouble since it was rushed to completion with the idea to serve in the first gulf war. One or two hits from an Iranian missile would be enough to at least permanently disable these carriers. The surface fleet is as bad off, since the steel hulls of the american cruisers, destroyers, frigates, and other seagoing craft are so thin a rowboat or human fist can penetrate them, something the cole bombers were not aware of. The builders of the arleigh burke class destroyers compounded their mistake beginning with the new chafee in integrating the machinery in with the hull as the hull is being built, making repair to a damaged ship next to impossible in an attack. The navy has shown some consciousness of this by taking many of it’s frigates, including the stark from the 1987 Iraqi missile attack incident, destroyers, and cruisers, including the notorious vincennes which deliberately shot down Iran Air Flight 655 on July 3, 1988, and has been slow in constructing new ships to replace them. The only ships the navy has been focusing on constructing are destroyers, submarines, amphibious ships, and the new carrier george h w bush, flaws and all. While many american submarines are in decent fighting shape their machinery, including exercise equipment and food service machinery, can be picked up by alert sonar operators. Let us not forget that many ships that have been in refit to overhaul their hulls or machinery have actually been weakened by these overhauls. Furthermore, the dependence on missiles, which can be intercepted as shown in the first gulf war, is another glaring weakness since if the missiles launched at a target are intercepted by countermeasures then the ships, which the navy since the missile strikes on Afghanistan and Sudan during the clinton administration on nations with minimal offensive capability, has used these ships for instead of ship-to-ship engagements. Furthermore the facilities that build many of these ships in Mississippi, Louisiana, and Texas were not affected by the hurricanes that devastated those areas in 2004-5, lending some suspicion to the military’s role in those disasters. Plus with submarines with considerable maneuverability and endurance and the time to learn the mistakes from operation preying mantis Iran has the means to block the Persian Gulf and cause more damage than before.
The only real american strike force that Iran must be concerned about is america’s air forces. Since the end of the Vietnam conflict america’s airborne forces, the military branch which received the least damage, were given new priority and have been used as a major striking force ever since. In terms of quantity of aircraft against Iran america has a numerical superiority over Iran. In terms of quality both countries are even, since Iran has recently developed the industrial capability to mass produce tactical fighter aircraft to replace the F-4, F-14, and Mig-29 aircraft that make up the bulk of it’s airborne forces. And not just any aircraft. When an american F-117 stealth fighter was shot down in the opening days of the attack on Yugoslavia in 1999 by Yugoslav Mig-21 and ground defense missiles Iranian liaison troops who were stationed in Croatia managed to obtain parts of the wreckage, analyze it, and use that knowledge to build it’s own stealth fighter, the Shafagh. With the prototype successful Iran now has the means to mass produce it, which has american war hawks worried. The missiles that both sides use are equal in the amount of damage they can do, if an american missile takes out an Iranian base an Iranian missile will take out an american base or carrier battle group, and in that they can be intercepted. Bear in mind that Iran has the means to counter missile attacks since it has been sold the technology to do so from Russia and has examined the british patrol boat which was equipped with missile countermeasures.
In terms of a sole military conflict any invasion of Iran would be the end of america’s military as an offensive force. Those who delude themselves into thinking a limited missile strike on Iran would not lead to war are deluding themselves since Iran will never accept such a violation of it’s sovereignty. Using any foreign powers to carry out american aggression against Iran is also wishful thinking, since britain, which wants to recover the Khuzestan oil fields it occupied to start up british petrol and fuel it’s war machine in two world wars, no longer has independent offensive capabilities, and israel’s military does not have the range and endurance to make a successful strike on Iranian targets and if it were to do so it would leave itself open to another yom kippur style invasion. However those who think that arms are the sole factor in determining a conflict are grossly mistaken, since Iran possesses many other ways to defend itself. Currently, Iran has one of the largest reserves of oil, petroleum, and natural gas. This is due to the fact that Iranian technology is not largely dependent on these fossil fuels. Not so in the west, mainly america, as evident by prodigious use of fossil fuels in automobiles, building heating, and electricity, as well as suppression of technology that would relieve dependence on fossil fuels. During the Iran-Iraq war Iran capitalized on this by attacking oil tankers in the Persian Gulf and blocking access to it’s oil, which america assisted in by attacking Iranian oil rigs. If Iran were to destroy access to it’s oil as Iraq did in 2003 it would deny american business and industry access to a vital commodity, as well as the military, which has begun reintroducing fossil fuel dependence in it’s material. If Iran denies the world access to it’s oil reserves it will cause a technological crisis, including american military technology.
Even as we speak, despite the above mentioned flaws, the american government is readying itself for a possible attack against Iran. Throughout 2005 the carrier ronald reagan staged exercises in the Pacific hunting for a swedish submarine, similar to the subs Iran has. Recruiting for the military has redoubled and more incentives, most hollow, are offered to new recruits. The base realignment and closures have moved military resources from some vulnerable spots to areas where any potential attackers would be spotted. Plus budget increases for military spending, spy programs, and law enforcement are being increased. Nor should we forget an increased amount of Iran language and culture products on the open market which can be used by potential spies to infiltrate Iranian society. Lest we forget the media in america is focusing on portraying Iran as an evil country and one that must be attacked while independent media outlets that tell the truth where it differs are under attack by the american government. All signs of potential aggression.
Let us not forget the diplomatic and economic methods that can be used to attack an nation. We have recently seen how america put sanctions on China and India, as well as Austria, to get two those nations to support an american referral of Iran to the united nations security council, and tricked Russia into support for that unsc referral with promises of better oil dealings through Iraq’s new criminal oil minister ahmad chelebi if Russia were to back action against Iran. Once the referral happened those nations saw the emptiness of the American promises and are now taking concrete action to prevent an attack on Iran. Furthermore america’s presidency of the unsc for February gives it every means to manipulate a war against Iran and even american diplomats, including john bolton, have admitted that war plans against Iran are being considered. Economically, Iran is preparing an oil bourse in which payment for oil will be accepted in Euros instead of american dollars. If this were to happen it would throw america’s economy into crisis since america, which is the largest debtor nation, would have to convert it’s holdings into Euros to purchase Iranian oil. Plus it would give america’s Asian creditors leverage, particularly China and put them in a position to stop an american war drive.
One remaining factor is how ordinary people act in regards to the war drive against Iran. Among the global Iranian population Iranians of different walks of life, be they iri supporters, militants, nationalists, monarchists, communists, fascists, socialists, etc. have managed to put differences aside and unite in voicing opposition against aggression against their homeland. Since many Iranians occupy prominent positions, be it in finance, technology, media the Iranian population is able to make it’s voice heard. Even with censorship in the western media the foreign and independent media is able to relay the feelings of ordinary Iranians and expose american aggression planned against Iran, especially since Iranians are the third largest ethnic group represented on the internet and online media has a wider reach than print media.
How Iranians are supported by foreign groups remains in question. Right now the only country who’s anti-war movement has been disorganized and at best apathetic to Iran being threatened by american aggression is america. Since the 9-11 attacks and the phony war on terror the anti-war movement has gone from a promising start, as the February 2002 nyc protests and April 20, 2002 dc protests showed, to falling into several warring factions. This came about due to many hard core anti-war figures being attacked, the leftists believing their own propaganda when it was wrong about Iranian and foreign issues, and the rise of the peace movement in the anti-war movement. This infighting caused many groups to support peacenicks, who’s ranks were easily infiltrated by government moles seeking to control the anti-war movement, to denounce militants as provocateurs or fascists and spread disinformation in an appealing way. As a result anti-war coalitions have collapsed. Furthermore, the peacenicks allowed the gi resister movement to join it’s ranks, allowing obvious government moles access to information, material, and people it would not have under normal circumstances. In doing so it has subverted the mainstream anti-war movement. Unless ordinary people who oppose the criminal aggression of the american government get together, stage actions, marginalize the peacenicks and others who promote unconstructive action, and act decisively the american anti-war movement is doomed.
Is aggression against Iran possible? Yes. Can it succeed if initiated? Not likely. Can aggression against Iran be stopped? Yes, and we must act to do so to make sure it does not happen.

Peter Khan Zendran

Case update

Just filed a response brief yesterday in my case. The pigs are showing their guilt but trying to worm their way out on a technicallity.
Would have posted yesterday but had 2 Watson Institute forums to attend and was busy between them and weight lifting.
Peter Z

Case update

Just filed a response brief yesterday in my case. The pigs are showing their guilt but trying to worm their way out on a technicallity.
Would have posted yesterday but had 2 Watson Institute forums to attend and was busy between them and weight lifting.
Peter Z

Case update

yesterday I recieved notice from the 1st Circut Court of Appeals. They decided to grant a time extension for the pigs I'm suing to file their brief, despite the fact that the excuse for extending time contained many lies. Interesting this happened while I was enjoying myself at MIT. BC's Professor Connally was a better scholar than I anticipated.
Peter Khan Zendran

Iranian Kulturkampf

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Iranian Kulturkampf
Once again Iran and Iranians are threatened by foreign invasion. As in the past the invaders threaten not only the livelihood of Iranians but also Iranian culture and civilization. This is something that may be old news but has been regularly used on a mass scale in the 20th century. It’s called Kulturkampf. Kulturkampf, the war of culture and civilization used to smother another culture and civilization, often used in genocidal plans as with the jews in nazi Germany, Natives and Africans in the Americas, indigenous peoples in Asia, Africa, and the Pacific by the british. Fortunately for Iranians in america, Kulturkampf can work both ways. One of the advantages that Iranians in America have in comparison to other peoples from countries threatened by america is at present they have a sizeable number of Iranians in prominent positions. Compare this to Afghans and Iraqis, as well as Haitians and Liberians, who have next to none of their kind in prominent positions in America, and Yugoslavs and Palestinians do not have many of their kind in quantity. But Iranians/ One look at American society and you will find people of Iranian ethnicity and heritage in almost every walk of life. We have Dustin Ellis, Parviz Sayyad Kate Bell, Rudi Bakhtiar, and Shohreh Aghdashloo in the entertainment industry, Andre Aggasi, Abbas Khatami and a phone book full of Iranian weightlifters in the sports scene. In business the head of Carnegie is Tabriz native Vartan Gregorian, who as President of Brown University from 1988 to 1997 was the first Iranian to head up an ivy league university. Don’t forget that there are Iranians who run ebay and yahoo, though not without many vocal complaints. So if anything there are at least Iranians in prominent positions to speak out against any atrocities that would happen to their community and who people would be affected by if something were to happen to them. However it is not enough to have people in positions of prominence. During any crisis what matters the most is how these people behave. One thing that has been noticeable, for instance, is the lack in quantity of Iranians who oppose American aggression against Iran who are open about their opinions. As I have documented in the past many protest groups, among them international answer, iso, and ufpj, have harassed many Iranians who oppose the war but who do not fully agree with many points these groups have, into attending or demonstrating in massive numbers. While this intimidation is wrong it is also wrong for the Iranian community to put up with it instead of demonstrating in large numbers to counter these groups and obtain mass sympathy. Another thing is the lack of many ordinary Iranians who are in touch with the everyday masses in America. One reason peoples like the jews in nazi Germany and natives and Africans in the Americas were able to be victimized was that they were out of touch with the opinions of the everyday person in the countries they lived in, thus easy to vilify as the holocaust and mass murders and arrests during the civil rights movement showed. Today, your average Iranian is well off, has a high paying job, plenty of material possessions, and so absorbed in their own life that anyone who has been denied a driver’s license, been arrested, or been homeless is considered odd to them. In other words, living a lifestyle that is largely out of touch with your average person. Many Iranians in America are so out of touch that they are more concerned with their shabeh jomeh parties than making sure they are not stranded some 50 miles away from where they live with less than $10 in their pocket and with taking trips to California than that state’s oppressive criminal justice system. Plus while the Iranian community was able to mobilize against the renaming of the Persian Gulf as the Arabian Gulf successfully I have yet to see a movement to correct Iranian names in history textbooks. After all by teaching kids Cyrus, Darius, and Xerxes instead of Kurush, Daryush, and Khashayar is to spit on Iranian heritage, especially with hostile attitudes towards Iranians in America today. Plus look at Iranians portrayed in the media. Notice how one of the stars of the show 24, in which Iranians are portrayed as terrorists the same way Italians are portrayed as Mafiosi, is Shohreh Aghdashloo, as if to spit on her heritage. Plus movies like Alexander, Gladiator, and Spartacus abound but there has yet to be a movie about Carrhae made. One thing that must be remembered is that Iranians must act from a position of strength, not of dominance in cultural matters. In doing so it is easier to build popular support. Remember, the nazis were able to build popular support against jews since the majority of people in prominent entertainment and legal positions in Germany were jewish. The Africans in ameirca screwed themselves with affirmative action, which racists like john stennis and jesse helms used to build their power base by pandering to poor wasp Americans and the kkk and neo-nazi movement has done the same to build a power base and grow stronger than before. Nor let us forget how the british used first their merchants then their soldiers to impose themselves throughout Asia, Africa, and the Pacific. One reason Iranians have been respected throught the world is because of tolerance and respect for others as practiced since Kurush, however if Iranians in America can be softened by American culture they can be influenced by the negative side of American culture. By using our influence just to survive and flourish, not to impose and dominate, will we avoid the horrors others have experienced. We must never forget that quiet wars like Kulturkampfs are just as destructive as physical wars. Whenever Iranian culture and civilization is threatened we must always respond if we are to survive.
Peter Khan Zendran

Update/ do things

Just filed my Brief with the 1st Circut Court of Appeals.
2 things
1. Rest in Peace Tookie, we'll get ahnold for you.
2. Fuck you barry smith, you legal huckster.
Peter Khan Zendran

PRESS RELEASE: Zendran trial update

Kismet at the “Kismet Trial”

On October 21, 2004 Peter Zendran, a half-Asian reformist Zoroastrian, filed a lawsuit against the Providence Police Department for violating Mr. Zendran’s rights by falsely arresting and harassing him, not allowing him to pray while in detention, stealing his personal property, and violating due process, in the United States District Court for the District of Rhode Island which set new landmarks and exposed realities of homeland security America. This lawsuit was a landmark in American judicial history and in Zoroastrian history, for never has a Zoroastrian filed a lawsuit for being denied the right to pray while in prison. On October 5, 2005 another important event took place in this trial. Summary judgment was granted by U.S. District Judge Lisi against Mr. Zendran without his ever being asked to appear in court. As a result of this Mr. Zendran filed an Appeal with the United States First Circuit Court of Appeals on October 28, 2005.
For those of you not familiar with the trial the facts are simple and shocking. On May 22, 2004, two days before Mr. Zendran was to appear at his first book signing and two days after the Providence Journal announced the book signing, of his book “Victimization of the Farsi, Arab, Turanian, and Central and Western Asian Peoples”, when Mr. Zendran was taking a walk in the park at Cathedral Square in Providence, RI around 9:10 at night two undercover cops posing as street people pulled out their guns and badges and threatened to shoot Mr. Zendran. Mr. Zendran refused to give them any personal information other than his name since during an arrest on February 19, 2003 on trumped up charges of defending himself on a bus his personal information was illegally. The two cops arrested Mr. Zendran and called for backup, charging him with obstruction of justice, disorderly conduct, and failure to move. During his detention, as well as the previous one, Mr. Zendran was not allowed to pray and was robbed by the cops of some of his personal items. Unlike his previous detention Mr. Zendran was kept in a cell that had not been cleaned in over a year and his phone call to a friend who is a Brown University Department head was blocked. On May 24, 2004 the Rhode Island District Court refused to try Mr. Zendran and when Mr. Zendran was brought before Providence Municipal Court Chief Justice Caprio that court was in shock at the treatment Mr. Zendran had received. So shocked that Judge Caprio offered to dismiss the charges, saying “even if you had committed this crime you have suffered more than enough”, if Mr. Zendran requested. Mr. Zendran refused and trial was set for June 16, 2004. When the arresting officers refused to show up at that trial Judge Graziano, instead of dismissing the case as the law allows in those circumstances, set trial for June 23, 2004 after Mr. Zendran refused any pleas. At his trial Mr. Zendran represented himself, caught the arresting officers lying, and Judge Graziano dismissed the case. However, Mr. Zendran continued to receive harassment from the Providence Police and on October 21, 2004 filed a lawsuit in United States District Court for the District of Rhode Island against the Providence Police Department.
The reason for summary judgment is a prime example of the rot in the Rhode Island legal system. Judge Lisi never called either Mr. Zendran or the PPD to appear in court and used nonsensical reasoning for granting summary judgment, including failure to name a proper defendant. Judge Lisi has furthermore used the letter of the law to bind the spirit of the law, ignoring that a witness tried to bribe their way out of testifying, that a U.S. Magistrate Judge ruled on a Motion that was not assigned to him which would have allowed discovery to be completed properly, that Mr. Zendran was not notified of a Magistrate Judge’s ruling on a Motion Mr. Zendran had filed until it was too late to appeal it. All this is being appealed.
Despite summary judgment against him Mr. Zendran has had some successes in filing his case. The two Brown University Police officers have lost their jobs with that force, and one Providence Police officer who violated Mr. Zendran’s rights committed suicide during discovery. Plus in the treatment he received Mr. Zendran has shown how civil rights are under attack in america, that what people saw happening in places like Iraq and nazi Germany are happening in america and little is being done about it. Furthermore in refusing to give in and standing up for himself, no lawyer would agree to represent Mr. Zendran, Mr. Zendran has shown others in RI and around the country that not only is the system rotten and corrupt but people can face down an oppressive system. So despite being the nominal winner in receiving summary judgment the PPD has now been undeniably exposed in it’s actions.
Also Mr. Zendran would like to thank those who have supported him. To Mike Novik and his Citizens Constitutional Command Center, Barry Smith, and other legal experts and those who oppose the criminal actions of the american government who I am omitting the names of for safety reasons, your assistance has been more than any lawyer has shown me. To the ACLU and Direct Action for Rights and Equality for legal assistance I thank as well. To Paul Becker and my friends at Providence Intown Churches Association who have been a source of moral support and publicity I thank, those who see how in the city Roger Williams founded in 1636 on the principle of religious freedom that principle forever violated, it is a shame that my fellow Zoroastrians have been so lazy and blind to this growing threat in america and violation of the justice of Dadvah Ahura Mazda. To Ali and Pedram up in Boston I thank to, I know you have troubles of your own so I understand your situation. And those who have given me publicity and bought copies of my book I thank as well.
However let us look at the real losers, many of whom are in the Iranian community in america. The Iranian American Bar association is one loser. Having sent them requests for assistance I never received a reply. I guess goli is too busy running her dating service to attend to her legal business and more such acts like this and she won’t have any clients to help find dates for. The Iranian Association of Boston is another loser. Despite their saying they will help Iranians in need they refused to respond to my messages for help from them. Considering there are no community support groups for Iranians in RI due to few ethnic Iranians in RI that Boston would show some compassion this action is shocking. Furthermore IAB has been more focused on making a profit in the real estate market, wasting time on events like shabehjomeh and planning parties that it has neglected the Iranian community by neglecting legal issues like this one and in doing so is doing nothing in the face of government attacks on Iranians. The media is another loser. Though I expect the mainstream propaganda media to ignore my case for fear of offending their “masters” the independent media has been equally cowardly. Many Iranian media groups have refused to cover this case and some have been as horrible as their mainstream media counterparts. In particular the kuspedar who runs the persianmirror media group had misrepresented not only myself and my case. Even while I was contributing to that publication the kuspedar in charge not only refused to help me in getting publicity for my case but, as with all other writers, used me to boost that publication and items it promotes for the personal enrichment of the owner while the writers like myself got nothing. Nothing but being misrepresented. With “friends” like that enemies are not necessary. Despite all that has happened this trial has shown the power of faith and that people can stand up. For more updates stay tuned or contact me through this site.