Hope and change captivated a nation six very long years ago, when multitudes - almost beyond counting -roared their approval of President-Elect Obama when he assured us that soon the seas would stop their rise, summer temperatures would cool and peace among all nations was achievable by America simply extending an open hand to our adversaries, instead of the confrontational closed fist of the Bush bullies. Well, at least in foreign policy implementation (contrary to the Obama promises of keeping our doctor and health insurance), this President has been true to his word, by pursuing an American leadership retreat across every continent on the globe. Instead of projecting American power to deter, or if undertaken, to punish hostile acts by our adversaries, this Administration has asked all the evil-doers of the world to play nice with us because we truly do want to be friends with everyone.
In Mr. Obama's public announcement last week of the Iran Nuke deal - not Peace for our Time, but peace for the next 10 years, after which most all restraints on Iran's nuclear weapons program will be lifted- he called out the blood thirty butchers of Tehran and pleaded with them to enter "Like" on the President's facebook page:
"Our differences are real and the difficult history between our nations cannot be ignored.
But it is possible to change the path of violence and rigid ideology in foreign policy based upon threats to attack your neighbors ... That's a dead end.
A different path, one of tolerance and peaceful resolution of conflict leads to ... more engagement with the international community, and the ability of the Iranian people to prosper and thrive.
This deal offers an opportunity to move in a new direction. We should seize it."
Ah, if only the REAL WORLD'S malevolent dictators were swayed by such SWEET REASONING to repudiate their brutal intentions to dominate and conquer. Most assuredly, insane monsters such as Hitler and Stalin, having lived through the horrors of WWI, with millions upon millions slaughtered, would have recognized, had Obama told them, that going to war again just 20 years after the 1920 Paris Peace Treaty was definitely a "dead end". Of course insane dictators care little, if at all, for the millions upon millions killed in their wars, so long as they triumph - as they always expect to do.
So, count me skeptical as to the mad mullahs of Iran being swept away by the silky tones of Mr. Obama's offers of warm fellowship and friendship, when their sole and exclusive objective is making everyone worldwide bow down in obedience to their Deity, or die.
Monday, July 20, 2015
A Very Bad Deal indeed
I desperately wanted to be able to support an agreement among the world's major powers and Iran that would prevent that rogue, terrorist nation from acquiring a nuclear weapon. The President is correct that the alternatives to a diplomatically negotiated settlement of this challenge to the survival of Israel, as well as the existential threat Iran poses to its Arab neighbors are themselves fraught with grave risks.
Of course, when the leaders of the civilized world confront an evil as monstrous as Iran, with its ruling Mullahs believing that God Almighty requires death (meaning: total annihilation) to both the little Satan and us, the Big Satan, there are no pain free/risk free policy choices. As Winston Churchill observed to Neville Chamberlain after the Munich dismemberment of the Czech nation to appease Hitler's insatiable appetite for conquest: "You had a choice between dishonor and War, now you shall have both."
By telling the world that he was not elected to be a war president, Mr. Obama has assured every adversary that he will make whatever concessions they demand to prevent even a threat of hostilities. That posture, wherein the other side absolutely know you will not walk away from the negotiating table and pursue stiffer sanctions or a possible military strike, makes those talks, not negotiations, but rather arranging the terms of surrender.
At least Neville Chamberlain was candid and honest with the people of Great Britain, in telling them that the price of "Peace for our Time" was the enslavement of a free Czech nation to the Nazi vice grip. Even Churchill respected him for not claiming that what he had done wasn't appeasement, pure and simple, coupled with the assertion that Hitler would keep his word of honor, and had no additional territorial aspirations. Sound similar - the Mullahs have told Obama that they have no aspirations to possess nuclear weapons.
What would Sir Winston think about our President's announcement last week that he had achieved Peace with Iran? Here are some of Mr. Obama's assertions in that White House address to the nation:
*BO: "That's the deal. It has the full backing of the international community."
WC: "That's a bald face lie, as Israel vehemently opposes this agreement, as most probably does Saudi Arabia, Egypt and ten or more middle east nations fearful of Iran's aggression." [Possibly, Obama meant to send a message to Israel - you are now considered an outcast, rogue state, unworthy of inclusion in the community of civilized nations. Nice touch there.]
*BO: "Put simply, ... the IAEA will have access where necessary, when necessary."
WC: That's a bald face lie, when Iran objects to any or all proposed IAEA inspections, IRAN sits on the Committee which will decide whether any such visits are allowed, so the claim that the IAEA decides where and when it will inspect is, put simply, false."
*BO: "If in a worst case scenario, Iran violates the deal, the same options that are available to me today will be available to any U.S. President in the future ... in a far stronger position with Iran further away from a weapon."
WC: "That's a bald face lie. Did he even read that assertion before he read it on the teleprompter? He postulates a "worst case" scenario confronting a future president, but then in the same sentence claims that Iran will not have a nuclear weapon through violating this agreement. Of course, the "worst case" is Iran gets the bomb, so any future president's attempt to compel their compliance with this dead deal will be against an Iran ready able and willing to annihilate both Tel Avis and Washington, D.C."
That level of arrogance - in bald face lying repeatedly to the American people in the belief that should they know the true level of Obama's appeasement, this deal will be rejected overwhelming in Congress - is truly dishonorable and most probably will lead to war. Shame on all of us, should we not be contacting our elected representatives night and day from this point forward demanding that this deal be dumped.
Of course, when the leaders of the civilized world confront an evil as monstrous as Iran, with its ruling Mullahs believing that God Almighty requires death (meaning: total annihilation) to both the little Satan and us, the Big Satan, there are no pain free/risk free policy choices. As Winston Churchill observed to Neville Chamberlain after the Munich dismemberment of the Czech nation to appease Hitler's insatiable appetite for conquest: "You had a choice between dishonor and War, now you shall have both."
By telling the world that he was not elected to be a war president, Mr. Obama has assured every adversary that he will make whatever concessions they demand to prevent even a threat of hostilities. That posture, wherein the other side absolutely know you will not walk away from the negotiating table and pursue stiffer sanctions or a possible military strike, makes those talks, not negotiations, but rather arranging the terms of surrender.
At least Neville Chamberlain was candid and honest with the people of Great Britain, in telling them that the price of "Peace for our Time" was the enslavement of a free Czech nation to the Nazi vice grip. Even Churchill respected him for not claiming that what he had done wasn't appeasement, pure and simple, coupled with the assertion that Hitler would keep his word of honor, and had no additional territorial aspirations. Sound similar - the Mullahs have told Obama that they have no aspirations to possess nuclear weapons.
What would Sir Winston think about our President's announcement last week that he had achieved Peace with Iran? Here are some of Mr. Obama's assertions in that White House address to the nation:
*BO: "That's the deal. It has the full backing of the international community."
WC: "That's a bald face lie, as Israel vehemently opposes this agreement, as most probably does Saudi Arabia, Egypt and ten or more middle east nations fearful of Iran's aggression." [Possibly, Obama meant to send a message to Israel - you are now considered an outcast, rogue state, unworthy of inclusion in the community of civilized nations. Nice touch there.]
*BO: "Put simply, ... the IAEA will have access where necessary, when necessary."
WC: That's a bald face lie, when Iran objects to any or all proposed IAEA inspections, IRAN sits on the Committee which will decide whether any such visits are allowed, so the claim that the IAEA decides where and when it will inspect is, put simply, false."
*BO: "If in a worst case scenario, Iran violates the deal, the same options that are available to me today will be available to any U.S. President in the future ... in a far stronger position with Iran further away from a weapon."
WC: "That's a bald face lie. Did he even read that assertion before he read it on the teleprompter? He postulates a "worst case" scenario confronting a future president, but then in the same sentence claims that Iran will not have a nuclear weapon through violating this agreement. Of course, the "worst case" is Iran gets the bomb, so any future president's attempt to compel their compliance with this dead deal will be against an Iran ready able and willing to annihilate both Tel Avis and Washington, D.C."
That level of arrogance - in bald face lying repeatedly to the American people in the belief that should they know the true level of Obama's appeasement, this deal will be rejected overwhelming in Congress - is truly dishonorable and most probably will lead to war. Shame on all of us, should we not be contacting our elected representatives night and day from this point forward demanding that this deal be dumped.
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