From: J
Sent: Saturday, June 22, 2019 7:05 AM
To: [email protected]
Subject: Bombing Iran

Dear Dr. Block,

I can’t convey how important such contributions as yours are, to getting the facts of these things out are.  I am a 2 decade retired Marine,

22 years out, and I went to training with Iranian military, at Millington, Tennessee, in 76-77.  Some folks would suggest I’m not a friendly guy, but in reality, I’m just focused on what I love, mechanics, technical work, I’ve been certain of my purpose in life, since age one, watching Spanish blacksmiths, reworking the stone mason’s tools, from dawn to dusk, building the stone structure apartment building next door.  I decided at one I would be that magician, and spent two years in Spain, then two in Italy, learning at the feet of the masons, getting enough theory of principles of architecture, geometry, and trig, taught with a plumb bob and a linen, measuring cord, relations, not numbers.

I found several mechs studying jet engines, who I got along well with and enjoyed the exchange of ideas, thoughts, foods, we were all young adults, not knowing the future, the past not a concern, the small niche in time such things didn’t matter at all.  I enjoyed that six or seven months, largely because I met so many different men, intent on becoming technicians of one of the dozen sorts, taught on that base, and for the most part, all with similar backgrounds and histories, we all played with design and making things, growing up, and it was those things that were most intriguing.

I’ve been angry with our government from the time we “broke the last straw”, and cause the dissent, because I knew and know, Iranians are good people, with a sound, reasonable culture, and it is entirely our belligerence that keeps us from being trade allies, at the very least.  I believe, if we would have similar relations with any trade nation, and no “special relations”, as we have, entirely irrationally, with Israel, we would never have developed such a powerful deep state, nor have caused so much destruction and death, to no positive outcome, not only in the mid-east, but in every war we’ve engaged since the last world war.

I expect you know the history of Iran, our “Declaration of Independence, and our Constitution”, and they establishing a federated republic, precisely on our principles, in 46, with Eisenhower allowing the CIA to break it, and install the Shah.

I am the son of a naval officer, the reason for growing up in Europe, and have grappled with these ideas all my life, moving four times before one, tends to make one aware of the world’s workings, from the earliest ages, and I got eye surgery, giving me back my left eye, months after arriving in Barcelona, where the eye surgeon who invented corrective surgery for “skew eye” practiced, immediately down the street from our apartment.  I got the surgery a few months past age one, 100% successful, 20-15 vision, left eye took dominance, and didn’t get glasses till I turned forty. One of the first, the youngest at the time, and likely the first American to get the surgery.

I credit growing up moving every year or two, as a substantial advantage today, while a significant challenge of the time, for my ability to “do just about whatever I want”, because I know so many people who could do so much, and probably never finished fifth grade, yet knew the secrets of the pyramids, how they were built, all the high science of structure, pressure, mass, volume, but most of all, trig.

I only wish I’d been able to get as close with Iranians as you had the fortune to be.

God Bless, you and yours,

Semper Fidelis,

J

GySgt, USMC, ret.

From: Walter Block <[email protected]>

Sent: Monday, September 09, 2019 11:20 AM

To: J

Subject: RE: Bombing Iran

Dear J:

Thanks for your very lovely letter. It really pulls at the heartstrings. I have not met many Iranians, by I am very fond of the ones I have met. Here are my publications on this subject:

Block, Walter E. 2019. “Should We Nuke Iran?” June 22;

https://www.lewrockwell.com/2019/06/walter-e-block/should-we-nuke-iran/

Tehran Chamber of Commerce, Industries and Mines: http://www.tejaratnews.com/news/3591/default.aspx; http://tccim.ir/spconv.aspx?id=1279; http://tccim.ir/english/newsfullstory.aspx?nid=4344

reza tahmasebi [mailto:[email protected]]

Block, Walter E. 2007. “My Iranian Friend Houshang Memarzedeh.” February 6.

http://archive.lewrockwell.com/block/block73.html

Block, Walter E. 2012. “Closing Hormuz.” January 4;

http://archive.lewrockwell.com/block/block193.html

Block, Walter E. 2013. “Should We Hate Iran? Of course not.” March 13;

http://archive.lewrockwell.com/block/block220.html;

ایران هسته ای هم هیچ خطری برای دیگر کشورها ندارد

http://tejarat.donya-e-eqtesad.com/fa/packages/services/policy/stories/16015db3-31ef-4452-a57a-52f884d9f822

Walter Block Interview with Iranian magazine:

http://www.mehrnameh.ir/article/2772/%DA%A9%D9%8A%D9%86%D8%B2%D9%8A%D9%86%E2%80%8C%D9%87%D8%A7-%D9%88-%D9%BE%D8%B3%D8%B1%D8%A7%D9%86-%D8%B4%D9%8A%DA%A9%D8%A7%DA%AF%D9%88-%D8%AE%D9%88%D8%AF-%D8%B1%D8%A7-%DA%AF%D9%88%D9%84-%D9%85%DB%8C%E2%80%8C%D8%B2%D9%86%D9%86%D8%AF-%D9%BE%D8%A7%D8%B3%D8%AE%E2%80%8C%D9%87%D8%A7%DB%8C-%D9%88%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%AA%D8%B1-%D8%A8%D9%84%D8%A7%DA%A9-%D8%A8%D9%87-%D9%BE%D8%B1%D8%B3%D8%B4%E2%80%8C%D9%87%D8%A7%DB%8C-%D8%A7%D9%86%D8%AA%D9%82%D8%A7%D8%AF%DB%8C-%D9%85%D9%87%D8%B1%D9%86%D8%A7%D9%85%D9%87

This is the magazine: http://www.mehrnameh.ir/

March 28, 2015 Mislabeling capitalism, 1%vs 99% private property, and the current issues regarding Israel and Iran at battle NOLA Radio

(https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C7MrmRlSRMg&feature=youtu.be)

Best regards,

Walter

2:36 am on October 4, 2019

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