Tuesday, July 21, 2015

Conferring legitimacy on Iran’s radical theocratic regime, enriching the mullahs, enhancing their ability to make war, and entrenching them in power

John Hinderaker writes at Powerline,
No matter how hard I try, I can’t think of a reason why it would be in the interest of the United States to confer legitimacy on Iran’s radical theocratic regime, to enrich the mullahs and enhance their ability to make war, and to entrench them in power.

...Kerry had better be prepared for more disturbance, since Iran’s leaders, as reported by that country’s news service, unanimously say that it will continue to support its allies, including terrorists like Hezbollah, and otherwise make war on the United States and its allies.

...The worst feature of President Obama’s disastrous deal with Iran is that it provides immediate sanctions relief that will cause $100 billion to $150 to flow into the regime’s coffers, and will lead to substantial improvement in Iran’s economy, which has been badly hurt by the sanctions that the U.N., the U.S. and others have imposed. This means that opposition to the ayatollahs’ rule will be weakened, and Iran will have more resources to support terrorist groups like Hezbollah and rogue governments like Assad’s Syria, and to invest in nuclear weapons development, conventional armaments, and intercontinental ballistic missiles.
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