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President Jimmy Carter's
Ambassador to the United Nations, Andrew Young, said
"(Ayatollah) Khomeini will eventually be hailed as a
saint."
As a result of the U.S.
administration being soft-hearted, soft-minded, and naive, Iran
launched an Islamic revolution, and on November 4, 1979 52 American
hostages were taken from the U.S. Embassy in Tehran and held for
444 days until President Reagan's Inauguration Day.
The following month, the
Soviet Union invaded Afghanistan.
President Obama's
administration appeased Iran and provided it billions of dollars in
violation of federal law.
This was done despite the
recognition by the U.S. government that Iran is the most dangerous
state sponsor of terrorism in the world, continues to aggressively
pursue nuclear weapons, and makes it's desire to destroy the
United States and Israel clear.
Iran's constitution states:
"In the organization and equipping of the countries (sic)
defense forces, there must be regard for faith and religion as their
basis and rules. And so the Islamic Republic's army, and the corps of
Revolutionary Guards must be organized in accordance with this aim.
They have responsibility not only for the safeguarding of the frontiers,
but also for a religious mission, which is Holy War (JIHAD) along the
way of God, and the struggle to extend the supremacy of God's Law in
the world."
The Iranian constitution
then quotes Koran 8:60 which is: "Against them make ready
your strength to the utmost of your power, including steeds of war,
to strike terror into the hearts of the enemies of God and your
enemies, and others beside."
This is the same Koranic
quote referenced on the International Muslim Brotherhood's logo.
Hassan Nasrallah, the
leader of Hezbollah - a designated terrorist organization - reports
to the Supreme Leader of Iran, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei.
Hezbollah Secretary General Hassan Nasrallah kisses
the sleeve of Iranian Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, a sign
of respect and deference.
Iranian Supreme Leader Ayatollah Khamenei stands with
Hezbollah Secretary General Hassan Nasrallah under a portrait of
Ayatollah Khomeini.
From the Congressional
Record dated October 4, 2002: "Prior to September
11, Hezbollah, through its terrorist wing, the Islamic Jihad
Organization, had killed more Americans, by far, than any other
terrorist organization in the world. The bombing of U.S. Marine Corps
barracks in Beirut, the bombing of the U.S. Embassy in Beirut, the
hijacking of TWA flight 847, numerous other brutal kidnappings and
murders of Americans."
From the 9/11 Commission
Report: "In June 1996, a truck bomb demolished the Khobar
Towers apartment complex in Dhahran, Saudi Arabia, killing 19 U.S.
servicemen and wounding hundreds. The
attack was carried out primarily by Saudi Hezbollah, an organization
that had received help from the government of Iran...In
late 1991 or 1992, discussions in Sudan between Al Qaeda and Iranian
operatives led to an informal agreement to cooperate in providing
support - even if only training - for action carried out primarily
against Israel and the United States. Not long afterward, senior
Al Qaeda operatives and trainers traveled to Iran to receive
training in explosives...The relationship
between Al Qaeda and Iran demonstrated that
Sunni-Shia divisions did not necessarily pose an insurmountable
barrier...Senior managers in Al Qaeda maintained contacts with Iran
and the Iranian-supported worldwide terrorist organization
Hezbollah...Al Qaeda members received advice and training from
Hezbollah. Intelligence indicates the persistence of contacts
between Iranian security officials and senior Al Qaeda figures after
Bin Laden returned to Afghanistan...In October 2000, two future
muscle hijackers Mohand al Shehri and Hamza al Ghamdi, flew from Iran
to Kuwait...In November (3 other muscle hijackers) traveled in a
group from Saudi Arabia to Beirut and then onward to Iran. An
associate of a senior Hezbollah operative was on the same flight that
took the future hijackers to Iran...There is strong evidence
that Iran facilitated the transit of Al Qaeda members into and out of
Afghanistan before 9/11, and that some of these were future 9/11
hijackers."
Additionally, senior Al
Qaeda leader Khalid Sheikh Mohammed and his family lived in Iran.
FBI officials testified in
February 2002 "FBI investigations to date continue to indicate
that many Hezbollah subjects based in the United States have the
capability to attempt terrorist attacks here should this be a desired
objective of the group."
CIA Director George Tenet
testified in February 2003 "Hezbollah, as an organization with
capability and worldwide presence, is [Al Qaeda's] equal, if not a
far more capable organization."
A July 28, 2011 U.S. State
Department press
release reads: "The U.S. Department of the
Treasury today announced the designation of six members of an
al-Qa'ida network headed by Ezedin Abdel Aziz Khalil, a prominent
Iran-based al-Qa'ida facilitator, operating
under an agreement between al-Qa'ida and the Iranian government."
In 2012, the U.S. Treasury
Department designated the
Iranian Ministry of Intelligence and Security - Iran's primary
intelligence agency - for providing material support to Hezbollah and
Hamas (TERRORIST organizations), for providing Al Qaeda operatives
with documents (passports, ID), facilitating Al Qaeda's movement in
Iran, and providing weapons and money to Al Qaeda
in Iraq during the war there.
Approximately one week ago,
U.S. Central Command Commander General Votel testified before
Congress that "Iran posses the greatest long-term threat to
stability in this part of the world."
It is high time the United
States government destroy Iran's ability to wage war at all levels,
including Hezbollah's operations in Lebanon, Iran, and their cells
here in the United States.
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