Show V Another Momentous Step has taken taken another momentous s stepin step stepin B BRITAIN in her invasion of Iran Persia jointly with ith soviet Russian forces moving oving do down doyn from the Caucasus region in the north i Like the British action action in Iraq and In Syria this is to a large extent a protective threat of nazi the serious measure against very intrigue infiltration and aggression ion In Iraq German r machinations fomented a palace revolt and the installation of a pron pro- pro n nazi zi regime When this this grOuP group threatened to interfere with the movement of Iraq oil to British bases on the Mediterranean and to establish Iraq as a base for a nazi drive in the middle east Britain acted to oust the nazis and their stooges Likewise in Syria German infiltration was imperiling British forces fortes in inthe inthe inthe the eastern Mediterranean and finally Britain launched the invasion which has bas now locked this door to nazi penetration eastward The last door in the middle east was Iran and when the nazis were forced out of Iraq and Syria they concentrated their efforts there Now Britain is acting with Russian aid to jo sea seal this last gap in her eastern def defenses V It is true that the invasion of Iran as the invasions of Iraq and Syria are a form of aggression Its It's deny that But in this l death and d ard ath struggle between imperialism im and a peaceable and well-ordered well world it is necessary for the Hitler anti-Hitler forces to do a little fighting of fire with fire Weve We've done just that in our occupations ions of Iceland and Greenland Britain in has done it in Iraq and arid Syria and is doing it in Iran After all it was Hitler and not Britain who started this business business business busi busi- ness of aggression In certain cases self preservation n is the first Jaw law of nature and of nations Who can blame a righteous and p peaceable householder who is being stabbed d by a savage marauder if ifie he ie picks up a butcher utcher knife e and does a little slashing on hi his his- own account If Britain is to win this war Hitler must be kept locked up in Europe The rhe rich Russian Russian Russian Rus Rus- sian oil fields of the Caucasus of Iraq and andIran andIran andIran Iran must be kept out of his hands To accomplish accomplish accomplish that Britain must stamp o out t nazi intrigue in the middle east from Syria on the Mediterranean Mediterranean Medi Medi- terrane an to India She must be able to send Supplies to the Russian armies defending the oil fields of the Caucasus and to send her own forces to aid in that defense On both counts Iran stands in the way playing the nazi game The larger issue of defeat of Hitlerism and the guarantee of freedom for dozens of independent independent inde inde- pendent nations and peoples must take precede precedence precedence prece prece- de dence ce over the temporary independence of one one- m nation tion and nd people Yes its it's a momentous step Britain has taken and taken and a good one It promises to make more nore difficult Hitler's path to world domina- domina tion And it gives new hope to all the nations an and peoples of the world world even even including Iran and the Persians that Persians that they will have true freedom once this trying ordeal is over |