{"id":110509,"date":"2025-06-13T11:00:15","date_gmt":"2025-06-13T15:00:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/schillerinstitute.com\/?p=110509"},"modified":"2025-06-22T11:03:35","modified_gmt":"2025-06-22T15:03:35","slug":"stop-the-forces-of-doom-for-a-vision-of-peace-through-development","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/2.schillermeet.de\/ru\/blog\/2025\/06\/13\/stop-the-forces-of-doom-for-a-vision-of-peace-through-development\/","title":{"rendered":"Stop the \u201cForces of Doom\u201d &#8211; For a Vision of Peace through Development"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">by <em>EIR<\/em> staff<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">To open the 106<sup>th<\/sup> consecutive weekly online meeting of the International Peace Coalition, <strong>Helga Zepp-LaRouche<\/strong>, founder of the Schiller Institute, warned that Israel\u2019s attack on Iran may mark the beginning of World War III. She alluded to Director of National Intelligence Tulsi Gabbard\u2019s timely <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=NpuPHg2Bh5k\" data-type=\"link\" data-id=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=NpuPHg2Bh5k\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">video<\/a><\/strong> on the very real threat of a nuclear exchange, and noted that the precisely targeted assassinations of leading Iranian scientists and military and political leaders suggests that Israel received technical assistance from unidentified intelligence services. It is clear that Israel\u2019s objective is to draw the US into the war, and we must remember that Iran is key part of the BRICS and the Belt and Road Initiative. \u201cThere was nothing in the behavior of Iran which would have legitimized such an attack\u2026 From the standpoint of the UN Charter, this is a completely illegal act of aggression,\u201d she said, and reiterated \u201cour old demand\u201d for a <strong><a href=\"\/?p=93184\" data-type=\"link\" data-id=\"http:\/\/2.schillermeet.de\/blog\/2022\/11\/30\/ten-principles-of-a-new-international-security-and-development-architecture\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">New Security and Development Architecture<\/a><\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"We Must Reject the Path to Nuclear War w\/ Dr. M.K. Bhadrakumar, Gershon Baskin, et. al\" width=\"860\" height=\"484\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/vwQhizXb8X8?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>\u00a0M.K. Bhadrakumar<\/strong>, a former Indian diplomat to the USSR who has held leading positions in the Indian Foreign Ministry, addressed the Israeli attack on Iran: \u201cI never believed that this was about Iran\u2019s propensity or Iran\u2019s likelihood to develop nuclear weapons\u2026 there is no moral ground involved here.\u201d Iran is being asked \u00a0by Trump to give up the same stature as Japan or Germany as a member of the Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty, with \u201cfull-spectrum inspection\u201d by IAEA. Trump is singularly responsible for this situation. Unless Israel is restrained, which only the US can do, Iran might leave the NPT.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Leading nuclear weapons expert <strong>Dr. Theodore Postol<\/strong>, professor emeritus of Science, Technology and International Security at MIT, asserted that \u201cIran wants to avoid making a nuclear weapon\u2026 Iran\u2019s policy is highly rational.\u201d There is internal opposition to this policy, and this opposition is strengthened by the attacks on Iran. \u201cWe know from all historical experience that bombing a country brings that country together against the external adversary,\u201d Postol said. On June 1, Ukraine violated a fundamental precept of the Cold War, that one does not attack the strategic forces of any nation. Legally, Russia would have been justified in attacking US and UK, who were clearly involved. Putin is an exceptional leader because he did not react.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Larry Johnson<\/strong>, former CIA officer and a cofounder of Veteran Intelligence Professionals for Sanity (VIPS) , also commented on Iran: \u201cThis attack was carried out with the full knowledge and participation of the United States\u2026 There is a pattern emerging here that Israel cannot be trusted in any sort of negotiation whatsoever\u2013nor can the United States.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Regular panelist <strong>Ray McGovern<\/strong> is a former Senior Analyst for the U.S. Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) and a Founding Member of Veteran Intelligence Professionals for Sanity (VIPS). He described the situation as nuanced and complex. \u201cWhat I see as a silver lining here,\u201d he said, is that this may compel more dialogue between the US and Russia. \u201cUS complicity is somewhat in doubt, despite the braggadocio\u2026 Can the Israelis be restrained when things don\u2019t go quite their way? I don\u2019t think so.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Zepp-LaRouche responded that we need contextualization for what is happening in the Middle East, that being the attempt to stop the rise of a new system typified by BRICS+. We must not only analyze, but provide an alternative. As long as we are not resolving the underlying conflict with the New Peace and Development Architecture, new hot spots will continue to erupt.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">McGovern thanked her for mentioning Gabbard\u2019s unprecedented video.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Gershon Baskin<\/strong> is an Israeli columnist, social and political activist, and a researcher of the Israeli\u2013Palestinian conflict and peace. In a video interview conducted by <em>EIR<\/em>, he said, \u201cWe all know that President Trump is the only person who can tell Netanyahu to end the war.\u201d He welcomed the efforts of former Prime Minister Ehud Olmert to influence Trump, and agreed on the need for an economic solution. \u201cThe obstacles to Palestinian development by the Israeli occupation need to be removed\u2026 It makes no sense whatsoever for Israel to want to have poor neighbors.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Zepp-LaRouche commented that it goes beyond the suffering of the Palestinians:&nbsp; \u201cI\u2019m afraid that impact on the moral order of the world will be devastating.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">A scheduled On the Ground Report from the ongoing March for Gaza in Egypt was not possible for technical reasons. However, moderator Anastasia Battle later provided an urgent update: there are reports that the Egyptian government is using force against the marchers. Leaders are prepared to use nonviolent methods to protest if there is repression and activists are deported.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Discussion<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">TLO President <strong>Diane Sare <\/strong>warned that the efforts to impeach Trump could lead to\u00a0 a destabilization of the United States. She observed that Trump \u201chas an enormous ego, and is not a very profound thinker.\u201d But the people leading the campaign against Trump gave us the Ukraine coup and other neocon atrocities. Zepp-LaRouche added that \u201cthe migrant issue is being handled in a way that is antagonizing many people.\u201d She reminded viewers that her husband Lyndon advised never to use the military against your own people. \u201cLet\u2019s remove the root causes for the migrant question,\u201d she said, citing hunger, war, etc.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Question: Israel says they attacked Iran to prevent American peace talks from succeeding. Were the talks real, or a setup for the war? Zepp-LaRouche responded that she wishes she knew the answer; the only power which can restrain Israel is the US, \u201cbut then he didn\u2019t do it\u2026 The picture which comes together is not transparent\u2026 it is very much a mixed bag.\u201d &nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">In response to a questioner who raised questions about AI and suggested that we need a social contract, co-moderator Dennis Small attacked the Rousseauvian notion of a contract to reconcile divergent self-interests, as opposed to a concept of the common interests of mankind. He added that AI, like other technological advances, is a double-edged sword.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">A woman from Iran asked Zepp-LaRouche whether Israel would even consider an attack on Iran without a green light from the US? She responded that complicity and even aid is very likely, but it is not a simple matter. \u201dIs the US controlled by the Zionist lobby, or is the Anglo-American Empire using Israel for its own strategic purposes?\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">An Indian\/Danish journalist cited the India-Pakistan tensions created by the way Britain divided the subcontinent, asking, How do we address the way the British fuel conflicts rather than resolving them? Zepp-LaRouche noted also how Boris Johnson sabotaged Ukraine peace deal. Russian officials are now calling out the British for their role. The story of unprovoked aggression by Russia has been widely discredited. An investigation into the British role is needed<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">In response to a Colombian labor leader\u2019s question about the encyclical Rerum Novarum, Zepp-LaRouche called it a watershed decision, that the Church should not just pray, but must intervene in social policy.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Question: would there be lasting peace if the Islamic world accepted the Biblical authority of Israel over the land, and the Palestinians were displaced into other Arab states? Zepp-LaRouche declined to comment on any Biblical theories of property ownership. Should the Palestinians pay the price for what the Germans did to the Jews? It\u2019s the perpetuation of injustice, the evil deed giving birth to more evil deeds. The two-state solution is the solution, but there is not enough water to go around without the [[Oasis Plan]][[ http:\/\/2.schillermeet.de\/the-oasis-plan-the-larouche-solution-for-southwest-asia\/]].<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>by EIR staff To open the 106th consecutive weekly online meeting of the International Peace Coalition, Helga Zepp-LaRouche, founder of the Schiller Institute, warned that Israel\u2019s attack on Iran may mark the beginning of World War III. 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