I thought you might be interested in reading my novel Dominion, which is available free at my new website http://www.JLBryanbooks.com.

Dominion is set in a near-future totalitarian America, which has continued to expand its foreign wars even as it collapses internally. The main character is a TV “news” reporter who begins digging for the truth behind the propaganda he reports. The book builds on existing American culture and Austrian insights into the nature of the state. You can download the full book as a free PDF

I hope you will visit the site, and you can also look at my other books available there.

Thanks!
Jeff Bryan

As I wrote before in response to the several other links you posted critical of Iran (rightfully), “I wrote an article about US policy towards Iran and its consequences. A number of people have responded pointing out the oppressive nature of the Iranian regime. I agree and also think it’s horrible. Iran is hardly alone in being worthy of our criticism. However, it’s irrelevant to the point, unless, of course, people are trying to argue that US policy is justified because of the lack of justice and democracy in Iran. I don’t assume anyone is making that argument, but otherwise I don’t see the relevancy to the point of the article.”

http://www.losangeleschronicle.com/articles/viewArticle.asp?articleID=35885

Thank you for publishing my comments. I noticed there were few important mistakes and omissions in my last comment. Would be possible to replace it with this one (below)?

Thank you,

Bob

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Thank you very much Mr. Hammond for such this deep analytical and reflective article.

Mr Bryan has also a nice reflective timeline story about the changing the role of Iran and the US, which I thought could be relevant to your article:

(J. L. Bryan, “If Iran Were America (And We Were Iran): A Timeline”, at
http://www.lewrockwell.com/orig8/bryan2.html)

The only missing element in Mr. Bryan article is the story of the shooting down of the civil commercial Iran Air Airbus flight (Flight 655) in the Persian Gulf, killing all 290 passengers including 66 children on July 3 1998, by USS Vincennes. For more detailed facts – even through westerners eyes – please see the documentary called Mayday TV series (Crash Scene Investigation).

The outrageous reality is that (whether it was truly an error or not), Bush (father) said “I will never apologize for the United States of America—I don’t care what the facts are” in reference to the incident. The U.S. government issued notes of regret for the loss of human life but never admitted wrongdoing, accepted responsibility, nor apologized for the incident.

As if this is not disgusting enough, the men of the Vincennes were all awarded combat-action ribbons. Lustig, the air-warfare co-ordinator, won the navy’s Commendation Medal for “heroic achievement,” noting his “ability to maintain his poise and confidence under fire!!!!” that enabled him to “quickly and precisely complete the firing procedure”.

But the shocking fact – as you will see in the documentary – is that on the time of shouting, the USS Vincennes was 4 kilometres inside the Iranian boundary and not in the international waters! (Attack someone at home)

To accommodate this to Mr. Bryan timeline story, the tale would be that Iran sent its navy in the Gulf of Mexico – inside the US waters, and then shut down a 737 Boeing of the American Airline with 300 passengers, flying from New Orleans to Panama for vacation!

The moral in brief, it is always good to look at in the mirror – as Mr. Hammond suggests – and see ourselves true people eyes. The same will be true for Iranian nation with its multiple flaws.

Mr Bryan has also a nice reflective timeline story about the changing the role of Iran and the US, which I thought could be relevant to your article.

The only missing element in Mr. Bryan article is the story of the shooting down of the civil commercial Iran Air Airbus flight (Flight 655) in the Persian Gulf, killing all 290 passengers including 66 children on July 3 1998, by USS Vincennes. For more detailed facts – even through westerners eyes – please see the documentary called Mayday TV series (Crash Scene Investigation).

The outrageous reality is that (whether it was truly an error or not), Bush (father) said “I will never apologize for the United States of America—I don’t care what the facts are” in reference to the incident. The U.S. government issued notes of regret for the loss of human life but never admitted wrongdoing, accepted responsibility, nor apologized for the incident.

As if this is not disgusting enough, the men of the Vincennes were all awarded combat-action ribbons. Lustig, the air-warfare co-ordinator, won the navy’s Commendation Medal for “heroic achievement,” noting his “ability to maintain his poise and confidence under fire!!!!” that enabled him to “quickly and precisely complete the firing procedure”.

But the shocking fact – as you will see in the documentary – is that on the time of shouting, the USS Vincennes was 4 kilometres inside the Iranian boundary and not in the international waters! (Attack someone at home)

To accommodate this to Mr. Bryan timeline story, the tale would be that Iran sent its navy in the Gulf of Mexico – inside the US waters, and then shut down a 737 Boeing of the American Airline with 300 passengers, flying from New Orleans to Panama for vacation!

The moral in brief, it is always good to look at the mirror – as Mr. Hammond suggests – and see ourselves true people eyes. The same will be true for Iranian nation with its multiple flaws.