Even George Orwell couldn't have made this up. This was the day Iran was attacked. Only three countries—Russia, China, and I think Somalia speaking on behalf of African countries—condemned Israel and the US for the attack.

Murteza OCAKLI

@MortezaOjaghlou

Translated from Turkish

Jeffrey Sachs: "...On the same day, Iran was brutally bombed. The day Iran's religious leader was assassinated. The day 40 leaders were killed. The day the religious leader's grandson was killed. What happened? The first speaker from Bahrain, the ambassador, said: 'We are here to condemn Iran's unprovoked attack on us.'

Unprovoked? After the Israeli-US aggression?

I thought to myself, 'I must be hearing this wrong.'

Then the French ambassador came: 'We are here to condemn Iran's attack on neighboring states.'

Then the Danish ambassador came: 'We are here to condemn Iran.' Then the British ambassador came: 'We are here to condemn Iran.' Then the Greek ambassador came: 'We are here to condemn Iran.'

Even George Orwell couldn't have made this up. This was the day Iran was attacked. Only three countries—Russia, China, and I think Somalia speaking on behalf of African countries—condemned Israel and the US for the attack. Only three countries! I had to think: 'What's going on here?'

Let me tell you what happened—it's very interesting: Every single one of those countries has a US military base on its soil. They're not sovereign countries. They don't dare speak up. They host the American military, they host the CIA. They have to be careful!"

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