The State Department released its annual report on terrorism. The report concluded that despite the election of a new Iranian president and the possibility of a nuclear deal being approved the nation's foreign policy has not changed. As if we couldn't tell that by reading the news.
The report highlighted Iran's sponsoring of terrorist operations in the Middle East. Iran's support of Syrian President Bashar Assad is seen as one of the main reasons why rebels have not toppled the government since the Syria's civil war started four years ago.
Critics of the Iranian nuclear – and even those who support it – believe that the issue of sponsoring terrorism should be tied to the discussion of Iran's nuclear capabilities.
However, Obama administration officials believe that the nuclear talks and terrorism discussion should be handled separately. White House spokesman Eric Schultz said, "Our very serious and grave concern about Iran's support for terrorism remains unabated" but continued to say that the international community's main focus is ensuring that Iran does not obtain a nuclear weapon.
The Administration can say all it wants that making sure Iran does not get a nuclear weapon is one of its top priorities. But its actions speak differently. At first the Administration said it would take the deal to the U.N., leaving Congress in the dark about what the deal included.
However, an overwhelming majority in the House passed a bill requiring a review of any nuclear deal before it gets approved, and President Obama signed it into law. But honestly even if the House approves the deal that they review, do you think Iran is going to follow that deal?
Answer: No.
Already Iran has defied the UN's rules. The Iranian government refused to let U.N. nuclear inspectors do their jobs and has secret nuclear facilities. Let's look at other aspects of Iran's government.
Back to the beginning of this article which talks about Iran sponsoring terrorism. Iran has sponsored Hezbollah, just one of the more well known terrorist organizations, and countless others. Not only does Iran sponsor terrorism but it sponsor President Assad who is accused of using chemical weapons on his citizens.
One odd note is that Iran built a mock U.S. aircraft carrier, blew it up, and posted it on the Internet. Probably not so much odd as it is brazen.
And to close let's look at Yemen. Starting in the spring the nation descended into civil war and the primary support for the rebels came from Iran. However, we did see that Iran backed down in the face of American military might.
When Iran was sending a convoy of ships carrying "aid" the U.S. sent a battle group to monitor the convoy. Although there were mixed messages about the mission of the convoy, it seems like Iran got the message because their ships turned around.
Why would the administration that claims to it doesn't want Iran to get a nuclear weapon continue discussions about nuclear capabilities without discussing its terrorist operations? We already know they don't play by the rules so why are we trying to give them something else to abuse?
I guess the administration doesn't get it.
The report highlighted Iran's sponsoring of terrorist operations in the Middle East. Iran's support of Syrian President Bashar Assad is seen as one of the main reasons why rebels have not toppled the government since the Syria's civil war started four years ago.
Critics of the Iranian nuclear – and even those who support it – believe that the issue of sponsoring terrorism should be tied to the discussion of Iran's nuclear capabilities.
However, Obama administration officials believe that the nuclear talks and terrorism discussion should be handled separately. White House spokesman Eric Schultz said, "Our very serious and grave concern about Iran's support for terrorism remains unabated" but continued to say that the international community's main focus is ensuring that Iran does not obtain a nuclear weapon.
The Administration can say all it wants that making sure Iran does not get a nuclear weapon is one of its top priorities. But its actions speak differently. At first the Administration said it would take the deal to the U.N., leaving Congress in the dark about what the deal included.
However, an overwhelming majority in the House passed a bill requiring a review of any nuclear deal before it gets approved, and President Obama signed it into law. But honestly even if the House approves the deal that they review, do you think Iran is going to follow that deal?
Answer: No.
Already Iran has defied the UN's rules. The Iranian government refused to let U.N. nuclear inspectors do their jobs and has secret nuclear facilities. Let's look at other aspects of Iran's government.
Back to the beginning of this article which talks about Iran sponsoring terrorism. Iran has sponsored Hezbollah, just one of the more well known terrorist organizations, and countless others. Not only does Iran sponsor terrorism but it sponsor President Assad who is accused of using chemical weapons on his citizens.
One odd note is that Iran built a mock U.S. aircraft carrier, blew it up, and posted it on the Internet. Probably not so much odd as it is brazen.
And to close let's look at Yemen. Starting in the spring the nation descended into civil war and the primary support for the rebels came from Iran. However, we did see that Iran backed down in the face of American military might.
When Iran was sending a convoy of ships carrying "aid" the U.S. sent a battle group to monitor the convoy. Although there were mixed messages about the mission of the convoy, it seems like Iran got the message because their ships turned around.
Why would the administration that claims to it doesn't want Iran to get a nuclear weapon continue discussions about nuclear capabilities without discussing its terrorist operations? We already know they don't play by the rules so why are we trying to give them something else to abuse?
I guess the administration doesn't get it.