[Marxism] Appeal to All Europeans To Prevent War Against Iran

[Sukla Sen]

From:	"acdn" <acdn.france at wanadoo.fr>

Appeal to All Europeans To Prevent War Against Iran

Warnings are coming from all sides : the USA is on a
war footing, ready to bomb Iran. It is said that they
are waiting only for the presidential order. At the
start of October 2007, dozens of US personalities -
political, religious, military, intellectual or
artistic figures - appealed to the chiefs of staff,
officers and soldiers of the USA to refuse any order
to attack Iran . This unprecedented appeal underlines
how real the risk is of war breaking out in the coming
days, weeks or months, and how imperative it is to
forestall this risk. That is why we are supporting
that appeal launched across the Atlantic, which we
wish to extend to Europe .

The invasion of Iraq by the US-led coalition was
contrary to the UN Charter and has turned out to be
catastrophic. Any aggression against Iran would be
just as illegal and even more catastrophic.

The UN Charter states in Article II, § 4 : « All
Members shall refrain in their international relations
from the threat or use of force against the
territorial integrity or political independence of any
state, or in any other manner inconsistent with the
Purposes of the United Nations. » As the authors of
the aforementioned US appeal point out, Iran has not
attacked the USA, and the USA has signed the UN
Charter, therefore any US attack on Iran would be
illegal under international law and also under the US
Constitution, which recognises treaties as part of the
nation’s supreme law - and binding on all, of course,
including military personnel, who have pledged
allegiance to the Constitution. These remarks are
equally valid for the rulers, armed forces and
citizens of the European members of the UN, whether or
not they are NATO allies of the USA . We therefore
appeal to them to refuse in advance to cooperate in
such a war, whether by giving political, economic or
military assistance or by logistic support.

The ongoing war in Iraq is causing thousands of deaths
among armed personnel, and hundreds of thousands in
the civilian population. It is an ecological and
health catastrophe which is far from being properly
measured. It fuels the hatred, fanaticism and
terrorism which it was supposed to combat. An attack
on Iran , irrespective of its specific targets,
methods and initial scale, would considerably
aggravate the situation and produce similar results,
not to mention its disastrous effects on the world
economy. There would be even worse effects if the
crazy idea of using tactical nuclear weapons - which
exist - were implemented to prevent Iran from
building, despite its denials, some nuclear weapons
(of which the recent IAEA inspections found no trace.)

The proud people of Iran maintained, under the
mullahs’ leadership, an eight-year war against the
aggressions of Saddam Hussein. Another attack on Iran
is no way to woo the people away from such leaders.
The killing of thousands or hundreds of thousands of
Iranians is no way to improve respect for human
rights. The attempt to sell nuclear technology to
every nation except Iran is no way to convince Iran to
renounce such technology. The retention and
modernisation of nuclear weapons, as is the current
policy of the USA , France and the UK (plus Russia ,
China , India , Pakistan and Israel ), is no way to
force Iran to renounce them. And the continuing
disrespect of Article VI of the Non-Proliferation
Treaty is no way for the nuclear-weapons states to
demand anything of the treaty’s other signatories,
including Iran . Non-proliferation and nuclear
disarmament go together. It is urgently necessary for
this point to be admitted.

To refuse war now does not mean accepting the status
quo or postponing war till tomorrow. On the contrary,
it is a means of giving diplomats time, opportunity
and the imperative to produce a global solution of
peace and security for all the states and all the
peoples of the Middle East , and beyond them for the
whole planet. It is away of avoiding new bloodshed. It
will allow reason to prevail, and allow our children
and grandchildren to live in a world that is less
violent, more just and more human. Without war,
without nuclear arms or nuclear threats.

Europe can contribute to this. Europeans must stand
against the approaching war.

— 

-   Jean-Marie Matagne , président de l’Action des
Citoyens pour le Désarmement Nucléaire (France),
docteur en philosophie

-  Dr. Yehuda Atai , Executive Secretariat of the
Mediterranean No Nuclear Neighborhood (MN3), Member in
the Israeli Committee for a Free Middle East of WMD,
Publisher of the "world of the Bible".

To sign this appeal, please provide the following
personal details:

-  First name
-  SURNAME
-  position, title or profession
-  postal address
-  email address
-  phone number

by sending
-  an email to contact at acdn.net
-  or/and a letter to ACDN, 31 Rue du Cormier - 17000
Saintes - FRANCE

Thank you.


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