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July 16, 2009 (LPAC)—In a major policy speech at the Council on Foreign Relations today, U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton reiterated the Obama Administration's intent to pursue dialogue with Iran on the nuclear issue. The relevant section of her speech said, in reference to the U.S.'s offer to engage with Iran, if it chose to improve relations:

"Direct talks provide the best vehicle for presenting and explaining that choice. That is why we offered Iran's leaders an unmistakable opportunity: Iran does not have a right to nuclear military capacity, and we're determined to prevent that. But it does have a right to civil nuclear power if it reestablishes the confidence of the international community that it will use its programs exclusively for peaceful purposes."

"That's fine as far as it goes," commented Lyndon LaRouche, when briefed on the speech. "I'm not going to criticize Secretary of State Clinton's view, especially since I realize that she had to deal with the President, who should be recognized as a nut, with fascist proclivities."

"But the real danger in the Middle East region is not Iran," LaRouche continued. "It's not even Israel, which everyone knows has nuclear weapons. In fact, there's no reason to be afraid of Israel, because it is not an independent state. It is simply a pawn of the British Empire.

"The relevant power, and threat, to deal with in the region is Great Britain, joined by its Saudi ally. Why should we allow Britain to have nuclear weapons, when they are the main threat in the area? No other nuclear power has the motive today to use nuclear weapons, except the British, who are hellbent on trying to save their financial empire.

"Maybe it's a legitimate strategic objective, to give Iran the right to bomb Buckingham Palace," LaRouche concluded. "That would deal with the core of the problem that is destabilizing Southwest Asia, and beyond."