everything Iran does to the USA is regarded as revenge for meddling Americans who interfere with their government. Warmongers Beware!!!
On Thursday, December 19, 2013 3:19:30 PM UTC-6, Travis wrote: > > > > > > > > *‘Rushing’ to War with Iran?* > > Posted By *Adam Turner* On December 19, 2013 > > In November, there was some talk of “a march (or rush) to war” against > Iran. > > The Obama Administration used this > line<https://web.archive.org/web/20131113154723/http:/news.yahoo.com/white-house-warns-congress-opposing-iran-deal-could-183651386.html>to > dismiss those – including EMET – who dared to disbelieve the sincerity > of negotiations regarding the Iranian regime’s program to develop nuclear > weapons, and seek to expand U.S. sanctions against that nation so as to > keep the pressure on them to prove their sincerity. > > The major problem with this charge is that Iran and the U.S. are already > at war <http://emetonline.org/emettv/ledeen/01.html>. And every few > years, Iran or its proxies (most especially Hezbollah) conducts another > hostile act, which results in the death or harming of Americans. > > Here are just some of the acts of war Iran has conducted against the U.S. > > In 1979, Iranian students stormed the U.S. Embassy, and > took<http://www.cnn.com/2013/09/15/world/meast/iran-hostage-crisis-fast-facts/>52 > (originally 66) of its personnel hostage for 444 days. Iranian Foreign > Minister I. Yazdi, along with other Iranian officials, > indicated<http://books.google.com/books?id=yaOknKJ3bNgC&pg=PA287&lpg=PA287&dq=seizing+embassies+violation+of+international+law&source=bl&ots=Hw7z5o3lsI&sig=9dqAZkHYYtUFwyM8xPROCT97u4Y&hl=en&sa=X&ei=DT6vUuvWDcarkAfZ6oCQBg&ved=0CEkQ6AEwBg>official > Iranian support for the seizure when he said, “The action of the > students enjoys the endorsement and support of the government.” Reza > Kahlili describes the seizure in his book A *Time to Betray: The > Astonishing Double Life of a CIA Agent Inside the Revolutionary Guards of > Iran*: > > This was not a rout. It was not an act of passion. It seemed too managed > for that. The people who rushed in seemed to know one another and to know > what to do. Military members of the Guards arrived quickly. I wondered > how they heard about the break-in so fast. Then the Komiteh, the religious > police recently given official status by Khomeini, came and promised to > keep order. But the only thing they kept orderly was the takeover > itself. Busloads of people arrived and joined the demonstration, another > sign that this gathering was not spontaneous. Within minutes, the > protesters controlled the compound. > > For its illegal actions, the Iranian regime was cited by the International > Court of > Justice<http://www.icj-cij.org/docket/index.php?sum=334&p1=3&p2=3&case=64&p3=5>and > by the U.N. through two > U.N. > Resolutions<http://www.treasury.gov/resource-center/sanctions/Documents/461.pdf>for > its violation of Vienna Convention on Diplomatic Relations of 1961 the > international treaty that governs diplomatic immunity. > > Iran set > up<http://www.jpost.com/Diplomacy-and-Politics/Yadlin-Scope-of-Iranian-retaliation-to-potential-strike-is-exaggerated-334035>, > > continues to support, and often directs, Hezbollah, a State > Department-listed Lebanese terror group that has kidnapped, tortured, > harmed, and/or killed Americans. In 1983, Hezbollah bombed the U.S. Marine > Barracks in Beirut and killed 241 American servicemen who were sent to > Lebanon for peacekeeping purposes. Hezbollah is > believed<http://www.jewishvirtuallibrary.org/jsource/Terrorism/hizbollah.html>to > have kidnapped and tortured to death U.S. Army colonel William Higgins > and the CIA Station Chief in Beirut, William Buckley. It kidnapped around > 30 other Westerners between 1982 and 1992. Imad Mughniyah, a former senior > Hezbollah leader, was, prior to 911, > “responsible<http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2007/08/20/AR2007082000980_pf.html>for > the deaths of more Americans than any other terrorist.” He and two > other members of Hezbollah, Hasan Izz-al-Din, and Ali Atwa, were on the > FBI’s list of 22 Most Wanted Terrorists for the hijacking in 1985 of TWA > Flight 847 during which a U.S. Navy diver was murdered. In 2007, Hezbollah > operative Ali Mussa Daqduq allegedly > played<http://www.nationalreview.com/corner/365813/why-obama-administration-courting-hezbollah-jonathan-spyer-benjamin-weinthal>a > significant role in the killings of five U.S. soldiers in Iraq. In 2011, > the U.S. government > seized<http://www.jewishvirtuallibrary.org/jsource/Terrorism/hizbollah.html>drug > profits linked to Ayman Joumaa, a drug trafficker and money launderer, > linked to Hezbollah, and in April 2013, the U.S. Treasury Department took > action against Hezbollah for working as a drug cartel. > > Iran was involved in the 911 terrorist attacks. A U.S. District Judge “ > ruled <http://www.bloomberg.com/article/2011-12-23/aYoOcZ6NT3wo.html>that > Iran and Hezbollah materially and directly supported al Qaeda in the > September 11, 2001 attacks and are legally responsible for damages to > hundreds of family members of 9/11 victims who are plaintiffs in the > case.” Also, post-911, the Iranian regime > protected<http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2007/08/20/AR2007082000980_pf.html>members > of al-Qaeda, including the son of Bin Ladin, even as the latter > planned and implemented other bombings that wounded or killed civilians. > Because of these and many other actions, the U.S. State > Department describes Iran > as<http://www.theettingerreport.com/Palestinian-Issue/The-Iran-Nuclear-Agreement-and-the-Common-Sense-Te.aspx>the > “leading sponsor of anti-U.S. Islamic terrorism.” > > This position is neither controversial nor partisan. Jeffery Goldberg > noted in *The Atlantic*, Iran is “is waging > war<http://www.theatlantic.com/international/archive/2011/07/iran-killing-american-troops-in-iraq-and-afghanistan/241486/>against > the United States of America” in Iraq. Michael Ledeen writing in *The > Weekly Standard*, reaches the same conclusion saying, “(T)here is > abundant > evidence<http://old.nationalreview.com/ledeen/ledeen200603280728.asp>for > Iranian involvement in Iraq, most including their relentless efforts to > kill American soldiers. The evidence consists of first-hand information, > not intelligence reports. Scores of Iranian intelligence officers have > been arrested, and some have confessed. Documentary evidence of intimate > Iranian involvement with Iraqi terrorists has been found all over Iraq, > notably in Fallujah and Hilla.” > > These facts have been widely reported. During the U.S. occupation of Iraq > (from 2003-2011), hundreds of American soldiers were killed or wounded by > roadside > bombs<http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2011-06-30/iran-again-arming-iraqi-groups-attacking-u-s-troops-gates-says.html>or > other > weapons<http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/middleeast/iran/8624489/Iran-supporting-Shiite-groups-in-Iraq-that-are-killing-US-troops.html>that > were constructed, and supplied, by Iran to Iraqi rebels. The Iranians > gave <http://pjmedia.com/blog/how-iran-is-killing-us-troops-in-iraq/>these > IEDs to both Shiites and Sunnis alike. > > Iran has consistently grabbed American citizens and held them hostage. > The latest three are: > > • In 2007, former FBI agent Robert Levinson was > seized<http://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/robert-levinson-still-a-hostage-in-iran/2013/11/25/604319f0-55f9-11e3-ba82-16ed03681809_story.html>. > > (Even if reports that Levinson is a spy are true, Iran’s response of making > him disappear is unusual and particularly aggressive.) > > • In 2011, former U.S. Marine Amir Hekmati was > taken<http://www.cnn.com/2013/09/11/world/meast/iran-american-prisoner/>while > visiting his grandmother. > > • In 2012, Pastor Saeed Abedini was > grabbed<http://www.foxnews.com/world/2013/12/06/congress-to-hold-hearing-on-plight-jailed-iranian-american-pastor/>while > visiting relatives in Iran. > > In 2011, Iran > plotted<http://www.washingtonpost.com/world/national-security/2011/10/11/gIQAiaYxcL_story.html>to > bomb a Georgetown restaurant to kill a prominent Saudi diplomat. “The > Justice Department unsealed charges against two Iranians — one of them a > U.S. citizen — accusing them of orchestrating an elaborate murder-for-hire > plot that targeted Adel al-Jubeir, the Saudi envoy to Washington and a key > adviser to King Abdullah. The Iranians planned to employ Mexican drug > traffickers to kill Jubeir with a bomb as he ate at a restaurant, U.S. > officials said.” Needless to say, this might have killed dozens, if not > hundreds, of American civilians on our own soil. Luckily, this bombing was > prevented. > > At the same time, the Iranian regime continues to pour out harsh rhetoric > towards the U.S. Every year since 1979, on November 4th, the day the > Embassy was seized, the Iranian regime > sponsors<http://www.theblaze.com/stories/2013/11/04/thousands-of-iranians-shout-death-to-america-burn-flags-to-mark-anniversary-of-u-s-embassy-takeover/>a > “Death to America” day. The Iranian regime continually > refers<http://english.alarabiya.net/en/views/news/middle-east/2013/10/11/-Death-to-America-the-Great-Satan-.html> > to > the United States, as “The Great Satan”, and Israel as merely “The Minor > Satan.” The Iranian regime promotes demonstrations where the American > flag is spat on, burned, or tread upon. They have even > turned<http://freebeacon.com/former-u-s-embassy-in-iran-turned-into-anti-american-museum/>the > Embassy that they illegally seized into an anti-American museum. > > Of course, none of these facts really matter to the President, and his > Administration. As we have discovered, they live in a utopian dream world, > where facts do not > exist<http://www.wnd.com/2013/10/obamas-stable-world-delusion/>; > red lines > disappear<http://news.investors.com/ibd-editorials-perspective/120513-681885-obama-sacrifices-syria-victims-for-iran-deal.htm>; > > lies are > true<http://www.miamiherald.com/2013/12/12/3814911/politifacts-lie-of-the-year-president.html>, > > and peace on earth only requires a little “smart > diplomacy<http://pjmedia.com/instapundit/?s=smart+diplomacy>” > by the Administration. > > So, because President Obama believes that the U.S. and Iran are not at > war, then we aren’t. And, according to the argument of the Obama > Administration, their critics are guilty of trying to march us into a war > that – according to international law and common sense – we have already > been embroiled in for almost thirty-five years now. > > *Freedom Center pamphlets now available on Kindle: **Click > here*<http://www.amazon.com/s/ref%3dnb_sb_noss?url=search-alias%3Ddigital-text&field-keywords=david+horowitz&rh=n:133140011%2ck:david+horowitz&ajr=0#/ref=sr_st?keywords=david+horowitz&qid=1316459840&rh=n:133140011%2ck:david+horowitz&sort=daterank>*. > > * > ------------------------------ > > Article printed from FrontPage Magazine: *http://www.frontpagemag.com > <http://www.frontpagemag.com>* > > URL to article: > *http://www.frontpagemag.com/2013/adam-turner/rushing-to-war-with-iran/ > <http://www.frontpagemag.com/2013/adam-turner/rushing-to-war-with-iran/>* > > > > > __._,_.___ > > > > > > __,_._,___ > > > -- -- Thanks for being part of "PoliticalForum" at Google Groups. 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