ATTEMPTED MURDER

Iran was planning to murder an Ambassador, the U.S. says.

The U.S. admits to more than 28 attempts on the life of Fidel Castro. It murdered President Diem in South Vietnam when he was no longer useful. Who else? It tried to murder Daniel Ortega in Nicaragua. Hasn't it just tried to murder President Kadhafi in Libya? Did the U.S. have any right to murder thousands of people in Iraq? What right had the U.S. to murder Osama bin Laden?

Is the U.S. president insane, claiming that Iran has violated the U.N. charter? The U.S. has violated the U.N. charter dozens of times, with its wars and assassinations.

If the U.S. didn't have 12,000 nuclear missiles and a record of being willing to use them, it would be declared a rogue state, and brought before the world court. Slobodan Milosovic is no more a war criminal than George W. Bush and Barack Obama.

I don't support assassination, by Iraq or the U.S. But I find it particularly disgusting for the U.S. to complain about Iran's allegedly uncivilised conduct. The U.S. leads the world in uncivilised conduct.

Oh. I forgot to mention torture. And Bradley Manning.

Bert G. Hornback