The leftists of the western world cheered Barack Obama when he was elected president.
They gave him the Nobel Peace Prize for being such a smooth talking black leftist.
This will be Obama's thanks to them and his legacy for eternity.
Posted on 03/31/2015 10:52:01 AM PDT by PoliticallyShort
On March 20, 2009, delivering his first message to the people and leaders of the Islamic Republic of Iran in celebration of the Iranian holiday of Nowruz, Barack Obama stated, “the United States wants the Islam Republic of Iran to take its rightful place in the community of nations”.
On March 31, 2015, Iran will have taken “its rightful place in the community of nations” in a way only Barack Obama could have imagined as a final nuclear agreement is reached.
Moreover, “by the time Obama leaves office”, writes David Rothkopf of Foreign Policy, “no country on Earth will have gained quiet so much as Iran” due to “a policy impulse that was far closer to the heart of the president”.
By the time this nuclear deal is agreed notes Rothkopf, “Iran will have gained stature, economic benefits, and a better seat in the council of nations”, while being seen by “Sunni allies in the Gulf as a betrayal”. And a betrayal it is.
We are already witnessing this betrayal in Yemen, which was once touted by the Obama administration as a “success story”, until last week when the United States military was taken by surprise as Saudi Arabia launched an attack on the Iranian backed Houthi rebels who have taken control of the country.
The military was taken by surprise and unaware of the attack in advance, deliberately left in the dark out of fear by Saudi Arabia that Obama would have leaked the intelligence in advance to Iran.
NBC’s Richard Engel reported on Friday that, “Saudi Arabia and other countries simply don’t trust the United States anymore as the administration is working to befriend Iran, and therefore they didn’t feel the intelligence frankly would be secure”.
The Sunni nations in the region, taking note Obama’s recent leaks of Israel’s nuclear program, have come to fear that the Obama administration is deliberately leaking intelligence to Iran in its efforts at rapprochement with the Iranian mullahs.
Our traditional allies in the region like “Saudi Arabia, Egypt, and the United Arab Emirates don’t know if the United States is reliable to hold onto information when it comes to [information in opposition] to Iran”, stated Engel.
This is particularly troubling given the fact that under Obama the United States strategy in Iraq has virtually become dependent on Iranian fighters to not only contain the Islamic State militant group in Iraq, but Syria as well. The implications of this are dire.
First, once the Islamic State is defeated in Iraq, Iran will gain control of the region with the ability to exert an unprecedented amount of influence and power. It is fair to say that within the next few years, Baghdad will become apart of Iran.
Then there are the implications surrounding the strengthening of the alliance that exists between Syria and Iran via the Iranian backed terrorist organization Hezbollah which controls Lebanon.
According to the Institute For The Study Of War (ISW), “the Islamic Republic of Iran has conducted an extensive, expensive, and integrated effort to keep Syrian President Bashar al-Assad in power as long as possible while setting conditions to retain its ability to use Syrian territory and assets to pursue its regional interests”.
Today, Iranian security and intelligence services are advising and assisting the Syrian military in order to preserve Bashar al-Assad’s hold on power.
What this means for the region, specifically Iraq, Yemen, Syria, and Lebanon is that Iran is gaining power as their willingness and ability to project military force beyond their border is condoned and in conjunction with Barack Obama’s foreign policy.
Which brings us to the heart of the problem, Obama has made it abundantly clear by both his actions and inaction’s that he wants this nuclear deal more than the Iranians do.
Ed Morrissey of The Fiscal Times writes, “Obama wants a deal for the sake of claiming a foreign policy achievement, no matter what the cost, and no matter what it does to our allies, especially Israel”.
Morrissey goes on to note that the situation with Iran, lead by their Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei who supports “Death to America”, is “reminiscent of another confrontation between Western powers and an extremist dictatorship that professed its own destiny to rule the world”.
Paralleling Germany’s rise to power under Hitler with the rise of Iran under Khamenei, Morrissey concludes that in “both cases treated with contempt their allies whose very existence was threatened by the new hegemon, who kept breaking international agreements and stalling negotiations until the West appeased them by betraying those same allies — even locking their democratic allies out of the negotiations”.
Luckily for Europe and the Jews, Hitler was never given the chance to access nor use nuclear weapons. This is not the case for the Ayatollah though, he will be given both.
Yet, while the “Iranian regime is not populated by Nazis”, writes Jeffrey Goldberg of the Atlantic, “it is led by people who do, in fact, seek the physical elimination of the Jewish state“.
Iran’s Supreme Leader confirms this as he has declared the “mission of the Islamic Republic of Iran” is to “erase Israel from the map of the region”.
This “mission” is becoming a reality as Iran inches closer to obtaining a nuclear weapon.
Look at what it has achieved already without one by construing the “nuclear negotiations” to their advantage knowing Obama will undermine those in the region who seek to undermine Iran.
Under Obama, Iran has been revitalized as it has become dominant in Lebanon, Syria, Iraq and Yemen while it continues to remain the world’s largest state sponsor of terrorism with Hezbollah in Lebanon and Hamas in Gaza.
What should be evident to even the most objective observer at this point is this, Iran doesn’t need this deal because Obama has already given them what they wanted.
They wanted time. Obama has given them fifteen months.
They wanted sanctions relief. Obama has given them over $12 billion in free and unfrozen funds.
They wanted a seat at the “community of nations”. Obama has given them de facto control of the Persian Gulf.
Above all else, they want to destroy Israel and bring “Death to America”. Obama has ensured that they will be able to produce a nuclear weapon
The leftists of the western world cheered Barack Obama when he was elected president.
They gave him the Nobel Peace Prize for being such a smooth talking black leftist.
This will be Obama's thanks to them and his legacy for eternity.
Because people are too considered by the “Boycott Indiana” garbage. Our country is declining so fast that its hard to keep up.
Steve, this is a HUGE POINT that no one is talking about. The Ayatollah isn’t simply some random “fanatic” when he speaks about Death to America and Israel.
Iranian Generals, citizens, etc. all follow this rhetoric.
The vast majority of libtards live in high density nuclear target zones. America’s Marxist cancer might be getting some radiation therapy.
Its only a point if you don’t want Israel destroyed. I don’t believe Iran could if they wanted to destroy the US but they could take out a few cities.
Truth be told, it is neither. Hussein is an ally of Iran but Iran does not reciprocate.
Since Republicans and Democrats alike seem to have no worries about hussein’s or sKerry’s dealings, I say let Iran’s first nuke drop on D.C.; it would do the rest of the U.S. a whole lot of good.
Actually, they do not. They are down the list of targets. Why? Because they cannot survive without middle America. We saw that during Sandy when it hit the north east; within 60 hours those people were dumpster diving for food. Middle America is the target and nuclear explosions on the "ground" will take lots and lots of missiles. But an EMP could do just the trick. Cripple most of our grid's and a good chunk of how we move food and supplies around the country and those high density areas will first starve, then disease will hit then the roving gangs will mop up the rest. Those liberal "strongholds" will fail within a month, if that. I personally think in area's like that cannibalism will manifest within a handful of weeks.
Keep prepping, keeeep prepping.
I understand that shutting down 2 or 3 bridges and a highway or two would pretty much isolate DC?
“The Loop”, right?
The last Iranian “Great Satan” destruction target list I recall included washDC, NYC, LA, SF, and I believe Chicago ( may have been Boston) — of course, they needn’t limit their nukes to just five or six. We are in deeeeep doo doo. Pray for America.
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