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Iran Agreement Boosts Peace, Defeats Neocons

- Ron Paul -

Doesn't anyone remember the Iran hostage crisis, when Iran held 52 American diplomats and citizens hostage for 444 days in 1979-1981. How about 1983, when the United States Marine Barracks in Beirut was attacked by suicide bombers. The attack killed 241 American servicemen, mostly Marines. The orders were believed to come from Iran. In 2004, the Iranian government erected a monument in Tehran to commemorate the 1983 bombings and its "martyrs" (i.e. the suicide bombers.). A spokesman said "The bombing was a great achievement of Muslims in their fight against America".

I agree with Ron Paul on a wide variety of issues such as sound money, gold, and less government. But he is clearly wrong on the idea that we can come to some kind of accommodation with Iran.Only 3 days after the agreement with Iran, Iranian Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei gave a speech vowing
that his country’s policy against the “arrogant” United States would not change. Their "revolutionary" government is clearly alive and well - now perhaps even better. Iran openly supports Hezbollah in Lebanon.

Iran provided support to the government of Assad in Syria, even as we supported forces to defeat it. Iran supports the Shia Houthis in Yemen, even as the U.S. and Saudi Arabia support the Sunni government of President Hadi. Yet in Iraq, the U.S. has worked WITH Iranian Revolutionary Guard forces against ISIS. In this case, the intent of Iran is clearly to gain influence with the Shia government of Iraq and to take over when the U.S. and coalition forces leave.

In short, Iran has a clear and unchanging agenda in opposition to U.S. interests.

Once sanctions are removed, it will not open up business with the US, but with every country other than the U.S. And once sanctions are removed, they will be impossible to reinstate in the event Iran is not compliant with the treaty.

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Beginning of the headline :Last week's successfully concluded Iran agreement is one of the two most important achievements of an otherwise pretty dismal Obama presidency. Along with the ongoing process of normalizing relations with Cuba, this move shows that diplomacy can produce peaceful, positive changes. It also shows that sometimes taking a principled position means facing down overwhelming opposition from all sides and not backing down. The president should be commended for both of these achievements. The a... Read More

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