[Posted
June 13, 2010]Defense Fail: The Threat is Not Iran; It's Death
Iranians don't want to die any more than Israelis do
London Times June 12, 2010
- HUGH TOMLINSON
Saudi Arabia gives Israel clear skies to attack Iranian nuclear sites
In the week that the UN Security Council imposed a new round of sanctions on Tehran, defence sources in the Gulf say that Riyadh has agreed to allow Israel to use a narrow corridor of its airspace in the north of the country to shorten the distance for a bombing run on Iran.
...“The Saudis have given their permission for the Israelis to pass over and they will look the other way,” said a US defence source in the area. “They have already done tests to make sure their own jets aren’t scrambled and no one gets shot down. This has all been done with the agreement of the [US] State Department.”
Sources in Saudi Arabia say it is common knowledge within defence circles in the kingdom that an arrangement is in place if Israel decides to launch the raid. Despite the tension between the two governments, they share a mutual loathing of the regime in Tehran and a common fear of Iran’s nuclear ambitions. “We all know this. We will let them [the Israelis] through and see nothing,” said one.
Passing over Iraq would require at least tacit agreement to the raid from Washington. So far, the Obama Administration has refused to give its approval as it pursues a diplomatic solution to curbing Iran’s nuclear ambitions. Military analysts say Israel has held back only because of this failure to secure consensus from America and Arab states. go to story
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If society is guided by political diplomacy, with one nation maneuvering against another, it will certainly sink like a stone boat. Political maneuvering and diplomacy will not save human society. People must take to Krishna consciousness to understand the aim of life, to understand God. and to fulfill the human mission. more
Defensive measures will not save you
excerpt from lecture on Srimad-Bhagavatam 7.6.4, Toronto, June 20, 1976
Our big, big states, big, big countries, especially nowadays, USA and Russia or China, manufacturing atom bomb. So what is this atom bomb? Defense. Defense. How to get out of fear. Ahara-nidra-bhaya. Bhaya means fearfulness. So why they are manufacturing this atom bomb? To get out of fearfulness. That you may try, but it will never be successful. You may waste your time but you'll never be successful. Bhaya will always be there; either you have got atom bomb or any big type of defense, when death will come, it will not defend you. By force. That is God. You may try to make very good arrangement for defending, but your life will never be saved. Mrityu-sarva-harash chaham. The atheistic class of men, they are trying to make arrangement for defending his life, but Krishna says that "I'll come to you as death. I'll take out all your possessions." Mrityu-sarva-harash chaham. "Whatever defensive measure you have made, I'll take everything. You'll be alone." "No, my nation, my country, my society, my wife, my children, my bank balance, they'll save me." No, that will not save you. ...Everyone is thinking that "I have got a very strong body. I run five miles a day. So I have made a so strong body, I'll never die." "That is not possible sir. You have to die." "My sons are very well educated. They are holding big, big post, minister. They will save me." "No, sir. They'll not be able to." "My wife is so sincere, so faithful. She will give me protection." "No, sir." Dehapatya kalatradishu [SB 2.1.4]. We are thinking atma-sainya: "They are my soldiers. I am struggling for existence and these soldiers will give me protection." So the Bhagavata says, tesham pramatto nidhanam pashyann api na pashyati. He's so mad that he knows that "These things will be finished. Nobody will be able to give me protection," still he [looks to them as shelter in a storm]. Pramattah means mad. So these attempts will not give me protection. And as soon as this body's finished, another body's waiting. That you do not know what kind of body you are going to get. That you have to know by your work. Urdhvam gacchanti sattva-stha madhye tishthanti rajasah [Bhagavad-gita 14.18]. Now if this time, this life I may become a prime minister and big, big man. But when I come in politics I have to deal with so many people in so many nefarious ways and out of my karma, I'll get the next body. Karmana daiva-netrena jantur deha upapatti [SB 3.31.1]. You'll get the next body according to your karma. Now if I've acted just like menial animal, then next life animal. If I become a dog... This life I am minister, prime minister, and next life I become a dog, then what is my profit? But that is nature's law. There is no consideration that "You are a prime minister then [you will automatically get] a respectable post." No. Daiva-netrena. The superior management will see in which way you have acted – either as a dog or as a god. That will be taken into consideration. Not your position.
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