Post #518381

As you would sadly expect our government has delivered a full-throated support for the actions of the US and Israel in starting a war with Iran. It reads in part, "Iran has, for decades, defied the will and expectations of the international community. The legitimacy of a government rests on the support of its people. The Iranian regime has long since lost that support. In this context, we acknowledge that the actions taken overnight by the US and Israel were designed to prevent Iran from continuing to threaten international peace and security." See https://www.beehive.govt.nz/release/nz-government-statement-iran for the full text of the statement co-signed by Luxon and Peters. Helen Clark is having none of it, posting on LinkedIn, "The statement on the US & Israel attacks on Iran by the New Zealand Government therefore is a disgrace. It knows full well that international law has been breached even though negotiations on Iran's nuclear capability were under way. It knows that the US walked away from the last nuclear agreement with Iran. Why the servility?" #NZPol #Iran