Iran is a global threat that should be intervened with. --- opinion noted. They pose a danger to their neighbors, (ask Saudi Arabia!) the region, and the world. --- so does US intervention.
On Monday, February 2, 2015 at 2:00:41 PM UTC-6, KeithInTampa wrote: > > Iran is a global threat that should be intervened with. They pose a > danger to their neighbors, (ask Saudi Arabia!) the region, and the world. > > Plain Ol's Anti-American remark is.....Typical. > > > > On Mon, Feb 2, 2015 at 2:31 PM, plainolamerican <[email protected] > <javascript:>> wrote: > >> “Iran Has Been Killing Americans For More Than Three Decades” >> --- >> US intervention comes with a cost. >> >> On Saturday, January 31, 2015 at 6:10:14 AM UTC-6, Travis wrote: >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> And Muslims have been killing Americans since the founding of the >>> country. >>> >>> >>> >>> B >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> http://www.thetower.org/1575-u-s-senator-iran-has-been- >>> killing-americans-for-more-than-three-decades/ >>> U.S. Senator: “Iran Has Been Killing Americans For More Than Three >>> Decades” >>> >>> [image: FeaturedImage_2015-01-30_112926_YouTube_Sen_Tom_Cotton] >>> >>> Sen. Tom Cotton (R – Ark.) presented an overview of Iran’s record in >>> targeting the United States and its citizens in an *op-ed* >>> <http://www.wsj.com/articles/tom-cotton-as-the-iranian-nuclear-talks-drag-on-congress-must-act-1422577455> >>> >>> published today in *The Wall Street Journal* (Google *link* >>> <http://As%20the%20Iranian%20Nuclear%20Talks%20Drag%20On,%20Congress%20Must%20Act>). >>> >>> After writing that “Iran has been killing Americans for more than three >>> decades,” Cotton offered some examples. >>> >>> In 1983 Iran helped finance and direct the bombing of the U.S. Embassy >>> and Marine barracks in Beirut, killing hundreds of American military, >>> diplomatic and intelligence personnel. Iran has also been implicated in the >>> 1996 Khobar Tower bombings, which killed 19 American troops stationed in >>> Saudi Arabia. >>> >>> More recently and personally for me, Iran has been responsible for the >>> killing and maiming of thousands of American troops in Iraq and >>> Afghanistan. During my tour in Baghdad leading an infantry platoon, Iran >>> supplied the most advanced, most lethal roadside bombs used against >>> coalition forces. My soldiers and I knew that Iranian-supplied bombs were >>> the one thing our armored vehicles couldn’t withstand. All we could do was >>> hope it wasn’t our day to hit one. My platoon was lucky; too many others >>> were not. >>> >>> Cotton also referenced Iran’s support for terror, noting that the State >>> Department described it as the “the worst state sponsor of terrorism.” >>> >>> —\ >>> >>> As the Iranian Nuclear Talks Drag On, Congress Must Act >>> Two essential requirements: congressional approval of any deal and new >>> sanctions if the negotiations fail. >>> >>> By TOM COTTON >>> Jan. 29, 2015 7:24 p.m. ET >>> http://www.wsj.com/articles/tom-cotton-as-the-iranian- >>> nuclear-talks-drag-on-congress-must-act-1422577455 >>> >>> >>> A nuclear-capable Iran is the gravest threat facing America today. The >>> Obama administration’s nuclear negotiations with Iran, the so-called P5+1 >>> talks, were supposed to stop Iran’s rush to a nuclear bomb. Regrettably, >>> what began as an unwise gamble has descended into a dangerous series of >>> unending concessions, which is why the time has come for Congress to act. >>> >>> Our negotiating “partner,” Iran, is not a rational or peaceful actor; it >>> is a radical, Islamist tyranny whose constitution explicitly calls for >>> jihad. Iran’s ayatollahs have honored the call: Iran has been killing >>> Americans for more than three decades. >>> >>> In 1983 Iran helped finance and direct the bombing of the U.S. Embassy >>> and Marine barracks in Beirut, killing hundreds of American military, >>> diplomatic and intelligence personnel. Iran has also been implicated in the >>> 1996 Khobar Tower bombings, which killed 19 American troops stationed in >>> Saudi Arabia. >>> >>> More recently and personally for me, Iran has been responsible for the >>> killing and maiming of thousands of American troops in Iraq and >>> Afghanistan. During my tour in Baghdad leading an infantry platoon, >>> Iran supplied the most advanced, most lethal roadside bombs used against >>> coalition forces. My soldiers and I knew that Iranian-supplied bombs were >>> the one thing our armored vehicles couldn’t withstand. All we could do was >>> hope it wasn’t our day to hit one. My platoon was lucky; too many others >>> were not. >>> >>> Iran also continues to terrorize the civilized world. It is the worst >>> state sponsor of terrorism on the planet, according to President Obama’s >>> State Department. Iran is a lead financier and arms supplier of >>> Hamas, Hezbollah and Palestinian Islamic Jihad, terrorist organizations >>> dedicated to destroying Israel. Iran and its proxies also have a nasty >>> habit of blowing up Jews around the world, from Argentina to Bulgaria to >>> Israel. >>> >>> Consider, too, what has happened in the past few weeks. Iranian-aligned >>> Shiite militants have seized the capital of Yemen. Iran continues to prop >>> up Bashar Assad ’s outlaw regime in Syria. An Iranian general >>> was discovered near Israel’s border preparing offensive operations with >>> Hezbollah against Israel—fortunately, he was discovered by an Israeli >>> missile. Iran signed a new defense pact with Russia. And Iran proceeded >>> with a sham prosecution against an American journalist held hostage there. >>> >>> President Obama, citing the sensitivity of nuclear negotiations and >>> Iran’s continuing participation, has asked Congress to postpone new >>> legislation dealing with the Iranian threat. One has to ask: If this is >>> the cooperation that our forbearance has achieved, can America afford any >>> more cooperation from Iran? >>> >>> The answer is no. It is the nature of Iran’s regime to kill Americans, >>> export terror, destabilize the Middle East and foment world-wide Islamic >>> revolution. If Iran commits these crimes against the West now, imagine >>> what Iran would do with a nuclear umbrella. >>> >>> Yet the nuclear negotiations have become an endless series of >>> concessions to Iran. As it stands, American negotiators have conceded to >>> Iran the right to enrich uranium, for which Iran has no legitimate need, >>> much less a right. The negotiators have also conceded to Iran its >>> plutonium-producing reactor and possession or development of thousands of >>> advanced centrifuges. Nor are the negotiators even addressing Iran’s >>> ballistic-missile program. In return, Iran has received billions of dollars >>> in sanctions relief. >>> >>> To end this appeasement, the Senate Banking Committee on Thursday >>> approved legislation that would impose new conditional and prospective >>> sanctions on Iran if nuclear negotiations fail. The proposed legislation >>> also calls for congressional approval of any nuclear agreement. It would >>> have been preferable never to have eased the economic sanctions on Iran to >>> begin with, but 20 months of negotiations is more than enough time for a >>> process that Secretary of State John Kerry once predicted would take three >>> to six months. >>> >>> Many Senate Democrats oppose the proposed legislation, agreeing with >>> President Obama that it might cause Iran to “walk away” from negotiations. >>> Yet sanctions brought Iran to the table in the first place. The threat >>> of future sanctions would cause the Iranians to walk away only if that is >>> what they planned to do all along. The regime in Tehran could easily avoid >>> new sanctions by making a deal. >>> >>> Perhaps the Obama administration isn’t so much worried about the >>> ayatollahs’ delicate sensibilities as it is focused on avoiding any >>> deadline for itself or congressional review of its actions. This makes >>> congressional action all the more necessary. Congress must protect America >>> from a bad deal—anything less than Iran’s complete nuclear disarmament. The >>> U.S. cannot live with a nuclear Iran, whether it is achieved with a >>> formal agreement or in slow motion through endless negotiations. >>> >>> Some Senate Democrats claim to share the goal of stopping a >>> nuclear-armed Iran. 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