puerto rico and puerto rican resources along with the military resources of annexed colonial islands should not be utilized in a military conflict with iran. there is relatively little at stake for the island in the outcome of a war in the middle east roughly on another hemisphere. puerto rico should forego participation in what is now well over a century and a half of imperialist activities in the middle east stemming from the 18th century propagation of the english empire, the post world war 2 establishment the israeli estate, and current gulf war in iraq. puerto ricans resources should not be promised to a conflict that can easily turn against the united states in their own background with south american-iranian allies closer to the homes of the spanish-speaking islanders.



