Mohammad Javad Larijani, who holds a PhD in mathematics from the University of
Berkeley, believes that the United States is no longer a successful model of
secular democracy; rather, it is on the path to collapse.
Larijani, a former lawmaker and diplomat and the current head of the Iranian
Judiciary’s Human Rights Council, made the remarks in an elaborate and
analytical interview with Tasnim News Agency, which introduces him as a
theoretician.
The prominent and influential diplomat’s response to the first question by
Tasnim alone can be regarded as a short article criticizing the current
situation in the United States and expressing his views on Trump as well as the
consequences of his presidency.
In response to comments made by some US statesmen with a low-level accent, those
who, for example, say that Iran should be put under sanctions in order for the
country’s system to collapse, one should say, "Firstly, the Americans should
worry about their own collapse because never ever during the United States’
history over the past 100 years has the US been so close to the brink of
collapse.”
If there were only a few Trump supporters, no collapse would happen because at
the end of the day Trump would have been replaced. The recent US elections
showed that Trump will remain in power till the end of his first term, and will
probably be re-elected for a second term, which would mean the real collapse of
the United States.
Therefore, they had better mind their own collapse rather that getting concerned
about the collapse of another country. The late Imam Khomeini told Gorbachev,
"The reason behind the collapse of the Soviet Union was that they went to war
with God.” Accordingly, other empires will meet the same fate. I have always had
this question in mind that how the US empire is supposed to fall apart given
that there are two ruling parties in the US that always put forward their
viewpoints. Now it becomes clear that the trend of the United States’ collapse
is unfolding outside the two parties.
In fact, Trump is a person who cornered both ruling parties in the US, and now
we are seeing that even the Republican Party has no say, and it is Trump himself
that is torturing GOP members to death. Moreover, the antagonism (opposition to
others or distancing oneself from society) that exists in the US society has
considerably fuelled unprecedented violence, anger and hatred. In the past,
there was a war of words between the two parties in the US, but there was not as
much hatred as there is now. Today, Trump has just stopped short of saying that
"Neither the Army, nor the parties, nor the Judiciary are useful in the United
States; so, people should take up arms themselves and save the country.”
You see that Trump easily removed the head of the Justice Department. He also
referred to his defence secretary as a "mad dog” in order to intimidate others,
but later it came to light that they had major differences. In a recently
published book by Omarosa Manigault Newman called "Unhinged” about the
developments and events inside the White House, it is mentioned that Trump
phoned James Mattis and told him that there are a few people who have turned
into headaches for us. "Finish them.” In response, Mattis said he would see into
the matter, and then hung up. Afterwards, Mattis told those around him that
Trump is "crazy” and thinks he can throw his weight around in the region with
such policies. After that, Trump said in an interview that Mattis would go and
might be replaced in the near future.
US Collapse to Be Extremely Bloody, Costly
The collapse of the United States, which would be extremely bloody and costly,
has turned into a hot issue for debate, and the American model of democracy is
no longer considered as one of the so-called successful secular-liberal models
of democracy. By reading a book called "How Democracies Die” authored by two
Harvard University professors, one can realize that top intellectuals in the US
are clearly seeing the demise of democracy in the country. The writers
acknowledge at the beginning of the book that US governments destroyed
democracies in the world by launching colour revolutions or staging military
coups, but that no one would have thought that the US democracy itself can
collapse as well. The book explains how Trump has set in motion a current that
has laid the groundwork for the destruction of the United States by disrupting
the democracy mechanisms in the country as cancer destroys the body from within.
The Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) has been sidelined, the US attorney
general has been marginalized, the US military has been criticized, and at the
end of the day, they say the only solution is for democracy to be killed in the
heart of the United States. So, the Americans should be more concerned about
their own collapse rather than Iran’s collapse.
Source:IFP