Iran Deal; Like Cattle Herded –
History Lesson Go Unheeded And Our Freedoms
Dwindle
At this URL site https://www.whitehouse.gov/issues/foreign-policy/iran-deal,
the heading is “The Historic Deal That Will Prevent Iran From Acquiring a
Nuclear Weapon.” Our President, Barack
Obama, is confident the deal he has brokered will accomplish this. Or, does he?
After all President Obama is a student of history and as a lawyer he has
experience in looking at a track record as a tool to predict future behavior.
Or, am I assuming to much in this case?
Germany, Russia, European Union, China,
France, the United Kingdom and the United States agree to the terms of a deal
that “will verifiably prevent Iran from acquiring a nuclear weapon.” It allows for peaceful development of nuclear
energy to meet the nation’s power needs.
This URL, http://www.nei.org/Knowledge-Center/Nuclear-Statistics/World-Statistics/World-Nuclear-Power-Plants-in-Operation
will give you a list of countries besides the United States operating Nuclear
Power Plants. Pakistan (remember we
found Osama bin Laden in a compound there) and Iran are two countries with
nuclear power that concern me. Remember
the Pakistan scientist that admitted on TV he gave North Korea technology and
other secrets on nuclear power. North Korea boasts of testing nuclear weapons.
If you had a friend that kept borrowing money
over period of thirty or so years without repaying it, is it smart to keep
loaning him money? Then say that same
friend wants to make a deal to repay you for some but not all of the money but
doesn’t want you to run a credit report, is this a wise move?
What is Iran’s track record? In the years of 1979 to 1980, a group of
terrorist’s kidnapped, held, brutalized and traumatized fifty-two Americans in
the U.S. Iranian embassy. Former,
Mahmoud Ahmadinejad denies being one of the hostage takers but one must admit
in photos he resembles a hostage taker. Ask yourself this, in the Iranian
Political realm would such a person benefit from being such a person? Could this help or hurt him climb a political
ladder? Look him up in the Wikipedia. It states he was a member of a group
called “Office for Strengthening Unity.”
Look up this group to find this quote, “The OSU played a central role in the seizure of the United States embassy in
Tehran (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Office_for_Strengthening_Unity).
Thus, 1979 starts the “Iran
Hostage Affair,” and sets the tone for U.S.
– Iran relations for years to come. An
article at this URL gives a timeline of this relationship. http://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2012/04/07/world/middleeast/iran-timeline.html?_r=0#/#time9_188.
The article talks about Iran working on nuclear power plants before the hostage
taking but the post revolutionary Prime Minister cancels the contract. There
are a series of other tidbits about Iran seeking nuclear power and the famous
Pakistan individual that helped North Korea is nestled warmly in these
transactions.
The United States protects
Arab shipping in the 80’s. Iran fires on
American missile Frigate the Stark killing 37 people. During a skirmish with the Iranian gunboats a
commercial Iran air flight is shot down killing 290 people. The United States
paid a dollar sum for compensation of loss of life in this case.
Have the American Iranian
hostages ever been compensated a dollar figure for their trauma? Former hostages addressed President Obama to
make this part of the deal but articles and answers say the deal is about one
thing, getting Iran to stop the path toward developing a nuclear weapon. August of 2002 it is revealed that Iran is
making advancement in nuclear power and uranium enrichment. Then in November of
2004 Iran says it halts Uranium production.
Our own government talks about finding secret facilities that could be
used for a weapons program; here is the URL for that information http://iranprimer.usip.org/resource/politics-irans-nuclear-program.
Remember
all the times Iran turned back U.N. inspectors of their nuclear power
program? What were they hiding? Over how many decades now have evaded and
denied progress in the development of nuclear power and weapon’s grade
uranium? What have they done to earn our
trust? How many American’s have they
imprisoned? How many American’s and
other world citizen’s have been abused while in Iran? We must remember the U.N. Speech by a former
Iranian President.
It
is about time to take a stroll down history lane. Does the name Adolf Hitler ring any
bells? Does the name prompt people to
remember the error in under estimating him?
Hitler rolled into countries and people gave up their freedom without a
fight with great costs.
How
many recall a man names Winston Churchill: writer, British Army Officer and
Prime Minister of the United Kingdom from 1940 to 1945? Regrettably to the world in failing to notice
and act on Winston Churchill’s prophetic words of “Prepare for War!” I read a biography Churchill in grade school
that tells of a trip he made to Germany where he sees a huge military build
up. Churchill tries to convince his
country for some time to respond and take a page out of Roman history that preparing
for war can prevent a war. Too sad his
words fell on deaf ears at first. Go to this URL for some information on this http://www.historynet.com/winston-churchills-prewar-effort-to-increase-military-spending.htm.
Hitler
rolled into many countries very easily.
Many people sat in their glass houses ignoring the picture in front of
them. Millions of people lost their lives and freedom during this time.
How
can the U.S. and these countries making the deal and “verifiably prevent Iran
from acquiring a nuclear weapon.” Help
me see anything on the Iranian side that gives them an ounce of credit or
goodwill we should trust. I urge people
to look at the deal for themselves. This
URL https://www.documentcloud.org/documents/2165388-iran-deal-text.html
will lead you to a PDF of the deal.
PLEASE LET US BE A NATION THAT REMEMBERS HISTORY AND LEARNS FROM
IT. Think about the status of the Middle
East at this time. Is the Middle East
the picture of stability? Will it be
stable in the near future? Or, is it
more likely that stability is a long way off and this deal only increases the
chances for diversion of uranium and a culture of groups in search of the best
weapons of mass destruction?
My last statement is where I beg you to
think about your freedom, history and to stand up for what our military has
guarded for so long. Millions of people
may be saved if we turn this deal down and make a country earn trust before
giving everything with no real way of making Iran accountable. Personally, I will speak up, as is my right,
to keep my freedoms.
One last thought. If many people are killed or end up living in
a country where they face a Hitler, should we respond and save them or only
defend ourselves?
Mrs. Sandra Lynn Mallo Adcock
D.Ph. M.S.M.
