My Thoughts on the #IranTalks

Let us be clear: this is war. A long-protracted, very costly, resource-driven, imperialist war of aggression waged by Western capitalists upon the people of southwest Asia. And it has reached a tipping point.

For decades now, Britain, France, the U.S. and other Western powers have targeted the Levant's resources for extraction and its people for subjugation. From the CIA-sponsored Iranian coup in 1953 to the illegal invasion of Iraq in 2003, the colonists' plans have manifest in horrific ways, repeatedly devastating those native to the region.

Every step of the way, however, there has been fierce opposition against foreign domination. And the linchpin of said opposition has long been the Islamic Republic of Iran. Resistance groups in Palestine and Lebanon, secular regimes in Syria, as well as Shiite militias in Iraq, have all received political, financial and material support from the Islamic Republic. And, of course, there's Iran's opposition to the very existence of the European, colonial Apartheid State known as Israel.

For obstructing Western imperialism and for its hostility to the Zionists in Tel-Aviv, Iran's economy (and by extension its people) have been targeted for destruction. Reasons given by the United States and its junior partners - nuclear weapons, support for terrorism, human rights violations - are widely recognized as straw men, not to mention hypocrisy. We know exactly why sanctions have been imposed on the Iranian banking, petroleum and other industries. It is because the Persians refuse to submit.

And such is the backdrop of these recent negotiations over Iran's nuclear program. Setting aside the fact that Iran does not possess, nor is it seeking, nor does it need nuclear weapons. Setting aside the fact that the only nuclear armed nation in the region has continuously invaded and occupied its neighbors. Setting aside the duplicity of these weapons being regulated by the only country to have ever used them (on civilian populations, no less). What I find most interesting in the midst of these talks is that while the West and its regional proxies continue to support the growing regional threat that is ISIS, it has been the Iranian-backed groups (the Syrian Arab Army, Hezbollah, and Iraqi Shia Militias) that have had the most success battling ISIS. This highlights the fast-changing reality in Southwest Asia.

Arab monarchies, the Zionist entity, and the United States face increasing animosity throughout the Levant. Meanwhile, Iran's status as a regional power and a global trading partner is on the rise. A favorable agreement upon completion of the nuclear talks will serve only to amplify this dynamic. For years and decades of economic war and constant aggression [met with endurance and resistance] to culminate in the elevation of an indispensable Global South ally is what I call . . . a beautifulsituation™.