By Rep. Tom Tancredo
One of President Obama’s first foreign policy initiatives was to open direct negotiations with the government of Iran. His action reverses the policy of every U.S. President since the seizure of American hostages by Iranian militants in 1979.
Americans under age 30 probably do not remember that those 52 American hostages were held for 444 days, not by radical students, but by the Iranian Revolutionary Council -- with the blessing of the Iranian Islamist government. The hostages were released the day Ronald Reagan was inaugurated President.
So, as they say, the American people have “a history” with the radical mullahs of Iran, who still refer to the United States as the “Great Satan.“ This is not to say that relations with Iran can’t be improved, but that that improvement must be based on concrete changes in behavior.
In the 2008 presidential campaign, John McCain and Barack Obama agreed on very few things, but one of them was this: An Iran with nuclear weapons is not a prospect either the United States or Iran’s neighbors can view with equanimity. Iran continues to defy United Nations resolutions regarding its uranium enrichment activities and continues its crash program to develop nuclear weapons. Read more ...
One of President Obama’s first foreign policy initiatives was to open direct negotiations with the government of Iran. His action reverses the policy of every U.S. President since the seizure of American hostages by Iranian militants in 1979.
Americans under age 30 probably do not remember that those 52 American hostages were held for 444 days, not by radical students, but by the Iranian Revolutionary Council -- with the blessing of the Iranian Islamist government. The hostages were released the day Ronald Reagan was inaugurated President.
So, as they say, the American people have “a history” with the radical mullahs of Iran, who still refer to the United States as the “Great Satan.“ This is not to say that relations with Iran can’t be improved, but that that improvement must be based on concrete changes in behavior.
In the 2008 presidential campaign, John McCain and Barack Obama agreed on very few things, but one of them was this: An Iran with nuclear weapons is not a prospect either the United States or Iran’s neighbors can view with equanimity. Iran continues to defy United Nations resolutions regarding its uranium enrichment activities and continues its crash program to develop nuclear weapons. Read more ...
Source: Human Events
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