How Much Longer Will So Many Crimes Continue?

How much longer will the world tolerate so many crimes? Granma argues that the international community, global institutions, governments and voters must finally recognize the danger of electing what it calls “a maker of wars and deaths” to the presidency. The publication says the world is sliding backward toward barbarism while governments and societies watch.

The article points to Palestinians being killed in Gaza, people in southern Lebanon and Iran being struck by bombs, and the pressure placed on Cuba. It rejects the description of the current violence against Iran as simply a conflict, calling it instead “a war of aggression imposed by Washington and Tel Aviv.” The text blames the United States and Israel for a broader system built on lies, hatred and the pursuit of money, power and ambition.

Granma highlights several attacks involving civilians. It says the Shayare Tayebe school in Minab was attacked on February 28, the first day of the imposed war against Iran, killing more than 160 students, most of them young children. It also says U.S. strikes on southern Iranian cities on September 1 hit a home where a wedding was taking place in Kuhestak, Hormozgan province. At least five people, including a child, died and 68 were injured, according to the article.

The commentary recalls earlier U.S. attacks on wedding gatherings in Afghanistan and near the Syrian border. It says an airstrike in Uruzgan in July 2002 killed 48 civilians and wounded 117, while a 2008 attack in Haska Meyna, Nangarhar, killed 47 civilians, including 39 women and children and the bride. It also refers to an attack on a wedding gathering in Mukaradeeb in May 2004 that killed more than 40 people.

The article warns that a declining empire can become more dangerous, particularly alongside fundamentalist and Zionist elements among its allies. It ends by calling for unity, solidarity and commitment in confronting what it portrays as an expanding humanitarian catastrophe, including the effort to suffocate Cuba’s population.