Posted on 07/31/2015 5:39:53 AM PDT by SeekAndFind
Secretary of State John Kerry is still seeking a nuanced explanation for Iran's government saying, "Death to America". He called the Iranian government's cries of "Death to America" "not helpful" and suggested that the Supreme Leader might not really mean it.
And now Kerry would like to emphasize that aside from the "Death to America" chants and the nuclear bombs and constant threats of war, at no time was he made aware of an Iranian plan to destroy America.
When Kerry appeared before the House Foreign Affairs Committee on Tuesday to defend the Iran nuclear agreement, Rep. Ted Poe (R-Texas) asked him about Tehran’s policy in the light of the “death to America” chants common at events presided over by supreme leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei and President Hasan Rouhani.
“It is the policy of the ayatollah – if you can answer for him – that Iran wants to destroy the United States?” Poe asked Kerry. “Is that still their policy, as far as you know?”
[Kerry:] “I don’t believe they’ve said that. I think they’ve said ‘Death to America’ in their chants, but I have not seen this specific.”
“Well, I kind of take that to mean that they want us dead,” Poe said. “That would seem like that would be their policy. He said that. That – you don’t think that’s their policy?” …
“I think they have a policy of opposition to us and of great enmity, but I have no specific knowledge of a plan by Iran to actually destroy us,” Kerry replied.
Well there are two options.
1. Iran's leaders keep saying things they don't mean... which means we probably shouldn't trust them not to go nuclear despite the deal
2. They do mean what they say... in which case we know why they want the nukes
So does Iran have a "Death to America" policy? Here you go, John.
In response to a question by a parliamentarian on how long this battle will continue, Khamenei said,“Battle and jihad are endless because evil and its front continue to exist. … This battle will only end when the society can get rid of the oppressors’ front with America at the head of it, which has expanded its claws on human mind, body and thought. … This requires a difficult and lengthy struggle and need for great strides.”
Sounds like a policy.
In case this is at all confusing, here's a Death to America mural in Tehran. (from Ali Abbas.)
Those are falling bombs and skulls.
Is there an actual plan? No of course not. It's all just hypothetical stuff. Metaphors. Words to appease the "hardliners". Just ask the Revolutionary Guard.
“America, with its strategic ignorance, does not have a full understanding of the power of the Islamic Republic,” Brig. Gen. Hossein Salami said in a televised interview. “We have recognized America’s military strategy, and have arranged our abilities, and have identified centers in America [for attack] that will create a shock.”
“We will conduct such a blow in which they [America] will be destroyed from within,” Salami said.
At no point in time was Kerry aware of this... or anything else.
Likewise “this is the only way to avoid war” means something quite different than what is being said.
Similar to the US govt pooicies that cause Death to Americans.
I think kerry’s awareness is so impaired that he isn’t aware that he is considered a traitor by many.
So Kerry is so arrogant he thinks if Iran ‘really’ had a plan to kill us, he’d know about it.
UNBELIEVABLE!
So could this lame excuse be used in case someone was, you know, threatened.....just sayin.
Has there ever been a bigger FOOL?
And this is the idiot the Dems are considering running for President again now that Hillary has once again committed crimes? Trump and Cruz will rip him a new one in short order. Gonna be Brutal.
KERRY: IRAN'S "DEATH TO AMERICA" DOESN'T MEAN THEY WANT TO KILL US
"Death to America" has been a stated "policy" of Iran since the 1979 fall of the Shah. It has not changed a bit.
Iran has developed something like 5 or 6 different MRBM systems with a range of 800 to 1200 miles. Guess which country is 800 to 1200 miles away from the various launch sites in Iran? That's right, Israel, the other country Iran has vowed to "wipe off the map."
It does not take a strategic genius - in fact even a room temperature IQ like Kerry should get this - to recognize that Iran has been steadfast in it's goals and resolve for the past 35+ years.
This asinine "deal" with Iran will do nothing to change that resolve. It will however enable Iran to continue working on nuclear technology under the guise of civilian/medical research. It will enable them to purchase other/additional technology and capability via the lifted sanctions and $100+ billion in released assets. Virtually the only way this deal could be any worse would be if Kerry had offered Iran a fully armed and functional SSBN for their own use. Kerry is a traitor and a joke.
KERRY: IRAN’S “DEATH TO AMERICA” DOESN’T MEAN THEY WANT TO KILL US
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Of course not...
first they’ll rape us, then they’ll kill us..
IOW they don’t jut want to..
they will...
What a dumb***
They are just a bunch of Jihadist hanging out over a cold beer joking it up!
People with bad intent will tell you what they intend to do if you will just listen to them.
I think I’ll take them at their word, which sadly seems more trustworthy than Kerry’s.
I’m most certain Kerry sold his soul to the lowest bidder.
My pick for stupid comment of the year! I think it will win.
Besides being a Traitor to his country several times over, Kerry is a genuine idiot.
Yeh Lurch like words have no meaning ay? The Swift Boat Vets said you were ‘unfit for command’ but you didn’t believe them either right? Vapid dope...
Sure, John.
And the North Vietnamese returned ALL OF OUR POW, TOO.
every one.
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