Wolves at the Door?

Every heart beats true
'neath the Red, White and Blue,
Where there's never a boast or brag
--Grand Old Flag, George M. Cohan
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Here is a recent letter to the editor published in the Wall Street Journal by M.A. Mohammadi, Press Counselor for the Mission of Iran to The U.N. Food for thought.

Iran a Danger? Surely Not

In response to your April 27 editorial ''Missile Defense Mischief:

Iran poses no danger to Europe or any other continent or country, including the United States, that warrants a U.S. plan to install an anti-missile defense system in Eastern Europe. The U.S. government's justification, that this is meant to protect Europe from missiles fired by Iran, is ludicrous.

Europe is Iran's main trading partner. Iran has not attacked any of its neighbors, let alone out-of-area countries, during the past 250 years and its military capabilities are purely defensive, given the recent history of Iraq's invasion of Iran, tacitly backed by certain Western governments, during the 1980s.

The U.S. must look for another scapegoat to perpetuate its post-Cold War sway over Europe.

Fortunately, the rest of the world is keenly aware of how U.S.'s hegemonic intentions are cloaked by manufacturing threats. Instead of continuing the old power paradigm, the U.S. must shift to a post-hegemonic course of action in order to restore its global credibility.