US and Britain turn Iran into a winner

IT is not often that I agree with the Royal Institute for International Studies. However, this time it has got it spot-on. In its latest report, the institute says Iran has been the chief beneficiary of the recent US/British wars in Iraq and Afghanistan.

This is no surprise to those of us who opposed the warmongering of the US and Britain in the Middle East and their one-sided support for Israel’s invasion of Lebanon and its continued occupation of Palestine, contrary to 35-year-old UN resolutions.

As someone who is opposed to religious fundamentalism (whether Islamic, Jewish or Christian), it saddens me to see the increased support for the purveyors of Sharia law, misogyny and disrespect for human rights that the misguided ‘war on terror’ is causing.

One would think that Britain, in particular, would have learned from its experiences in Ireland that repression breeds resistance and drives desperate people to desperate acts.

Dessie Ellis

19 Dunsink Road

Finglas

Dublin 11