There is a difference between the democratic ideal as you might
encounter it in the textbooks that discuss the various systems of governance,
on the one hand — and how the nations that purport to adhere to democracy
conduct themselves in real life, on the other hand.
Of course, not all democracies are created equal, and not every
democracy looks today the way it looked when it first adopted that philosophy
of governance. In fact, the idea of democracy is that it is pluralistic in
nature, which means it tolerates all sorts of opinions that may differ from
place to place, and from time to time. For this reason, you have the
multi-party system in every jurisdiction, even a multitude of factions within
the same party where the principles of democratic governance are interpreted in
many different ways.
This lends credence to the saying that honorable men and women can
differ on an issue and remain honorable. It boils down to saying that several
shades of what is ideal can coexist without the proponent of any of them
violating the principles of democracy. If we accept this, we must also accept
that every philosophy has at least one fundamental principle that must not be
violated lest the entire philosophy get demolished. And sadly, violating such
fundamentals, is the kind of degeneration that's been happening to the
democracies for a time now. It is happening in several places around the globe,
especially in America.
The most visible signs of a democracy gone bad are the loopholes
which are deliberately inserted into the law. The intent here is to give some
people advantages that others cannot exploit unless they adjust the model by
which they live and do business. What happens as a result is that individuals
and corporations that can afford it, hire lawyers and accountants who do
nothing but design models by which to reduce or eliminate the amount of taxes
that someone pays, even do the things that would normally be prohibited … all
that by getting around the laws without breaching them.
With the passage of time, the degeneration of the democracies
became visible to the rest of the world. Things got to the point where
comparing the usually punished “illegal” corruption happening in the
non-democratic countries against the “legalized” corruption happening in the
jurisdictions that describe themselves as democratic — was like comparing the
petty theft of a loaf of bread by a poor man who wants to feed his children,
against the grand larceny that's committed by a lawyer running the estate of an
absentee billionaire. It’s like comparing day and night.
If all of this seems like you're seeing two subplots in search of
an author who would intertwine them into a full story, and if you've been
waiting anxiously for this to happen — wait no more. It's because what happened
next, was that the Iranians learned about the deliberate writing of contracts
in such democratic styles as to give the parties what may be called “escape
hatches,” from which to weasel out from some provisions without breaching the letter
or the spirit of a “legally binding” agreement.
In fact, Omer Carmi saw this happen and wrote about it in an
article that came under the title: “Iran's Nuclear Roadmap for 2019: Pushing
the JCPOA's Boundaries,” published on January 30, 2019 on the website of the
Washington Institute for Near East Policy. Carmi sees several ways by which
Iran can use the loopholes that were deliberately inserted in the Iran nuclear
agreement to give the parties an escape hatch when it will be convenient for
them to do so. And he says that Iran is making full use of that convenience
right now, and will probably do more in the near future.
In fact, quoting the director of the Atomic Energy Organization of
Iran, Omer Carmi wrote the following: “These activities are possible because
the talks have left breaches in the agreement for Iran to exploit,” to which
Carmi added a comment of his own: “much as it has done with other international
agreements and norms”. He went on to explain that: “The document lays out a
complex network of restrictions with numerous loopholes and technical
ambiguities”.
Having said this, Carmi explained that Iran has several ways by
which to enrich uranium to a level it is not supposed to under normal
circumstances. He says Iran can do so: (1) legally right now without having to
offer any excuses, (2) by complaining that the American imposed sanctions are
forcing it to produce the high-enriched uranium it is prohibited from
producing, (3) by intentionally breaching the nuclear agreement with the
accidental accumulation of excess nuclear materials, and (4) by taking all
permissible steps to restart the nuclear program at a moment's notice.
Be that as it may, it is anyone's guess what will happen next. But
Omer Carmi is a big shot in the security apparatus of Israel, and the pattern
has been that when the Tel-Aviv/New-York syndicate wants America to do
something, it begins with articles written by big shots in the Israeli security
apparatus … such as the article that Carmi just published.
The article highlights the talking points that will be needed by
the Fifth Column armies of staffers who were hand-picked by the Jewish lobby in
America and sent to work in the offices of Senators and House Representatives.
These treasonous staffers prepare for and produce the policies that the
too-busy-raising money for reelection Senators and Representatives, take to the
Congress and enact into laws by which America must live and get shafted really
good.