Hello.
Currently the global banks, the EU and the UN etc are imposing sanctions on the state of Iran. Friends from Iran living in the European country that I am from are expressing concerns that these sanctions are part of a plan (or just creates an opportunity) to weaken Iran for a coming invasion by the US and Israel, the two mightiest and most well-funded militaries in the world. This is of course not the sole reason i have concerns about this since the media is also suggesting this, but hearing these people and concerns for their families was what made an impact on me. As i read a few forum topics here i got the impression that people on here are generally reasonable and intelligent.
I do not want to legitimize the Iranian governments treatment of its own people and general attitude to the rest of the world, but i do not regard any of the involved parties as the good guys, since the people in power of pretty much any country or union of nations seem to act mostly for the economic gain of their respective countries. I know that Iran has not started a war in several thousands of years. They possess a huge amount of resources and I know that the US and the western community has started wars to extract or receive resources from central Asian/South American/African countries before, often disguising the reason with something justifiable to the public. I think it is ignorant to believe that the western and supposedly democratic nations defer from using any type of propaganda so lets assume that what our own media is telling us is (generally) not an unbiased version of reality. Israel and Iran have been in conflict for a long time and possess a great deal of hatred for each other, The US have been backing Israel for a long time and even if it should be tired of war right about now anything is possible, right?
What do you think will happen? What is happening right now?
What could this action trigger?
and in an attempt to tie this to the theme of the site: What could the global community of hackers do to help this situation even slightly?
Maybe this will all be speculations but I'm interested in reading your opinions and beliefs.


