Iran's
seizure of two U.S. naval ships and President Barack Obama's response show that
Iran the country the president hoped would secure his foreign policy legacy has
the ability to hold him hostage.
Obama didn’t
mention the incident in the Persian Gulf during his State of the Union speech
because Obama and his administration did not consider the boarding of the ships
and the seizure of 10 U.S. sailors to be a "hostile act." Instead,
the president praised Iran and the diplomatic agreement he had made with them in
spite of the fact that the majority of Americans do not support his private
deal with Iran.
Even though
Iran quickly released the 10 U.S. military personnel it still shows that
despite a nuclear agreement with the West, Iran’s Revolutionary Guard Corps is
willing to board U.S. vessels, take American soldiers into custody, and,
according to CNN confiscate the crew's communications and GPS equipment.
Secretary of
State John Kerry’s call to Iranian Foreign Minister Javad Zarif is not evidence
to me that relationships between the United States and Iran have improved. Iran
was not influenced by John Kerry or Obama they did exactly what they wanted to
do. Iran was looking to humiliate the United States and they did. The Iranian
state press reported the sailors had been “arrested” for “snooping”. The Obama
administration, as they did in during the Benghazi crisis, lied telling us
the boats had malfunctioned. The two boats function the next day without
any repairs being made to them.
If the
Iranian government respected Obama or the United States it would not have taken
several hours before the captured sailors were allowed to make contact with
their superiors. If the Iranian government feared any retaliation from Obama
and the United States they would have immediately called Washington and advised
them what had happen and that they were working to resolve the problem. Instead
the Iranian government did nothing until they had their humiliating videos and
press releases in place.
The incident
is just the latest in a series of Iranian provocations since agreeing to the
private Obama nuclear deal in July. In late December, Iranian Revolutionary
Guard Corps vessels fired unguided missiles near the USS Truman; the U.S. did
not retaliate. Also last month, Kerry wrote to the Iranian government to assure
it the U.S. government would waive new visa restrictions passed by Congress,
after Tehran objected. The U.S. indefinitely delayed imposing sanctions on Iran
in response to its tests of ballistic missiles in violation of United Nations
sanctions. The United States will remain hostage to Iran as long as Obama is
in office.
Obama’s last
State of the Union message was supposed to convey to the American people and
the world that we are all safer and more secure because of Obama’s diplomatic
achievements. Iran’s flaunting they could take two U.S. Navy vessels without
any fear of retaliation did not make me feel safer or more secure.
To my
friends in the Philippines if Obama will not stand up to Iran in defense of the
United States do you honestly think he will stand up for you against China.
Iran
released the U.S. Navy personnel because they knew the American people would
revolt if Obama attempted to go ahead with the release of 150 billion dollars
while our personnel was still being held hostage. Iran wanted the 150 billion
dollars and to show Obama and the United States who is really in charge in the
Middle East. They accomplished both!
The Obama’s
administration's without knowing all the details immediately began to play down
the incident and to seek accommodation with Tehran. That has been Obama’s
approach to the Iran deal since its conception even though Iran has continued
to escalates tensions with the U.S. and its allies.
Obama’s
legacy in my opinion will be that of the first President in my lifetime that
did not stand up for the rights of the United States. Iran knows that Obama is
looking for the Iran deal to be his crowning legacy and they are playing him
for a fool. Obama is in a no win situation and Iran knows that. Obama chose to
go to the dance with Iran and as we say in the South, “You have to leave with
the one that brought you.” Obama has no choice but stay in bed with Iran or see
his legacy go down the toilet.
Something we
hear little to nothing about in the media is the upcoming elections in Iran. Iran's
parliament and powerful assembly of experts will choose Iran's next supreme
leader within a month, which has the ultimate authority over Iran's nuclear
program. With a stroke of a pen Obama’s Iran deal can be abolished and they
will still have their 150 billion dollars to support more terrorism.
Once again
we have been manipulated by our politicians and we have stood by passively as
they have done it! Why have we allowed one man, Obama, to negotiate a private
deal with a terrorist country that has for more than 35 years wanted to destroy
us and our only middle east ally Israel? Will we, the American people, ever
have the courage and the guts to take back our country from the Washington
elite?
Note: Iran says seizure of U.S. boats a lesson to ‘troublemakers’ in U.S. Congress,” Iran’s army chief Major General Hassan Firouzabadi said on Wednesday the seizure of two U.S. navy boats and their 10 sailors should be a lesson to members the U.S. Congress trying to impose new sanctions on Tehran. It is reported he went on to say some of the Navy personnel were so frightened they cried.
Note: Iran says seizure of U.S. boats a lesson to ‘troublemakers’ in U.S. Congress,” Iran’s army chief Major General Hassan Firouzabadi said on Wednesday the seizure of two U.S. navy boats and their 10 sailors should be a lesson to members the U.S. Congress trying to impose new sanctions on Tehran. It is reported he went on to say some of the Navy personnel were so frightened they cried.
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