In Part IV of “An Open Letter to My Fellow Americans at the Dawn of a New Decade: An Appeal Against Partisanship in America and Against War with Iran in Asia,” we dive into Washington’s decades-long war on Iran and explore the equally-long fight for freedom and independence in Iran.
Over the course of the essay, we also take a brief journey through the history of Iran, celebrating Persian civilization and poetry along the way, before examining the CIA’s 1953 coup d’état in Tehran and learning about the roots of Iranian-American conflict in the 20th century and about the moral obscenities and military failures of the US’s wars in West Asia in the 21st century. We wrestle with the truth of the Washington War Machine and grapple with the Beast of Endless Wars.
Finally, the letter concludes with an appeal for civility and sanity, so as to save ourselves and the planet from the insatiable machine of Forever War. Throughout it all, the essay makes a pealing appeal for peace between America and Iran in Asia and peace between partisans at home.