Posted on 09/04/2015 10:12:48 AM PDT by Kaslin
In aviation it's called the point of no return. That point in a flight when catastrophe strikes and the airplane, because of low fuel or mechanical impairment, cannot make it safely back to its take-off point.
That's where we are with the dangerous Iran nuclear deal, the theocratic Islamic Republic of Iran and the 34 shameless Senate Democrats who bowed to pressure and announced their support for the flawed pact, thereby guaranteeing that the president's veto of any measure of disapproval cannot be overridden.
While that still leaves, as of now, 66 senators opposed to the deal and a large majority in the House likely opposed to it as well, the way things work, or don't work in Washington, the Iran Nuke Deal will likely stand.
I have asked this question before in this column, but here it is again: Why would the United States, or any country, trust a theocratic regime whose extremist clerics command the elimination of Israel and America and promise zealots that, if they die while committing acts of terror, they are guaranteed a first-class ticket to Heaven?
Promises of stringent inspections are meaningless, especially when Iran has already said it will never allow outside access to its military sites. Ali Akbar Velayati, the Iranian security adviser to Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, has stated firmly that, "Regardless of how the P5+1 countries interpret the nuclear agreement, their entry into our military sites is absolutely forbidden. The entry of any foreigner, including IAEA inspectors or any other inspector, to the sensitive military sites of the Islamic Republic is forbidden, no matter what."
Iran has also vowed to continue to produce its own soil samples for international inspectors. This is like an athlete scheduling his own "random" urine tests for sporting officials who suspect the use of performance-enhancing drugs. The very notion of stringent inspections proves that the regime's level of credibility is only slightly below that of Hillary Clinton.
Tehran's Mehr News Agency reported that Seyed Abbas Araghchi, Iran's senior nuclear negotiator at the Assembly of Experts, a body of Islamic theologians charged with supervising the activities of the supreme leader of Iran, said, "...the Islamic Republic of Iran, overall, has achieved what it was seeking in the negotiations, while protecting its national glory, imposing its will on the powers."
Question: If Iran is not developing a nuclear weapon, why does it need long-range missiles? Iranian military leaders have bragged that such missiles could strike the United States. What with, if not a nuclear bomb?
The Obama administration, enabled by too many spineless members of Congress who make one wonder how they can even walk upright, has cleverly and dangerously signed a deal with the Iranian devil for which it will not have to take responsibility should things go south. And that is not likely to occur until after President Obama has left office and some of these other Neville Chamberlains have retired or been defeated.
When the missiles with their nuclear warheads head for Israel, and Tehran threatens to strike American cities if we rush to defend the Jewish state, as Richard Nixon did during the 1973 Yom Kippur War, what will the next administration, or the one after that, do? Blame will not be a sufficient defense.
The administration suggests that this bogus deal avoids war with Iran. History teaches that buying time with an evil regime not only delays the inevitable conflict, but makes that conflict more costly when it occurs.
To complete the metaphorical circle, here's part of a lyric from "Past the Point of No Return" from "The Phantom of the Opera":
"Down once more to the dungeon of my black despair...
"Down we plunge to the prison of my mind...
"Down that path into darkness deep as hell!"
We may not be in "hell" yet, but with this deal we can feel the heat and it isn't caused by "climate change."
Logic, we don't need no steenken logic here!
Does California not understand that Hussien Obama is one of them?
And yet Eight Jewish Senators are o.k. with tossing their own people on the funeral pyre that is the end result of their capitulation. So is it “Communism First, Judaism Second”? We need to ask them.
The Iranians get 150 Billion Dollars, pure lunacy!
“Does California not understand that Hussien Obama is one of them?”
Please explain. Is it because we happen to have two Jewish Senators?
Auto spell on my mobile device. Cal Thomas was meant.
This whole “deal” is about payola for our politicians.
The idea that we are “avoiding war” with Iran ONLY if we do this deal is absolutely ludicrous.
At THIS stage, they are unable to fight a war with us.
After this “deal”, involving bribes to our congresscritters if they vote yes, Iran WILL get money and technology and weapons with which to fight a war ON AMERICAN SOIL.
Time for the torches and pitchforks, people.
“Auto spell on my mobile device. Cal Thomas was meant.”
These damned devices, they try to out think you!
That second sentence is not even a sentence. Not too mention being wrong. See what I did there? The point of no return is simply the point at which there is not enough fuel to go back. Catastrophe has nothing to do with it.
Sep 4, 2025. NOBEL LAUREATES HANGED
In one of the most unexpected results of the Great Middle Eastern War, three winners of the Nobel Peace Prize were hanged today: former head of the International Atomic Energy Agency Mohamed El-Baradei (winner in 2005), former US President Barack Obama (2009), and former US Secretary of State John Kerry (2015). Also hanged was former US presidential adviser Valerie Jarrett.
The four were sentenced to death by the International War Crimes Tribunal in Constantinople for complicity in genocide and crimes against humanity, for their part in enabling Iran to develop nuclear weapons. An estimated 550,000 persons were killed in the Iranian nuclear attacks on Tel Aviv and Los Angeles, including those killed directly and those killed by radiation sickness.
No ranking Iranian officials survived the war to be put on trial.
Crossed the Rubicon some time ago.
We are at a point of reckoning as we have seen even many conservatives are frauds, misguided and wrong. So even within our side it is hard to trust each other.
We are at a point of reckoning as we have seen even many conservatives are frauds, misguided and wrong. So even within our side it is hard to trust each other.
if you desperately need to return, not having enough fuel is a catastrophe in itself. Picture: over water, bad weather, no suitable alternate, you just might have a catastrophe. Now if flying a twin engine airplane and one engine quits, it is still not a catastrophe. You have more fuel for the single engine and just might make it back to land on the beach. :-))
Thanks for not using the word “hung” in the headline! {:-{)}
Smilin’ Dan, the ladies man was hanged for being hung.
There is a return path, but it involves mushroom clouds. We get to decide whether they are Iranian-made and over Israel or western-made and over Iran. Personally, I’d like to see as many innocent people as possible spared that outcome. Too bad Obama doesn’t have the same goal.
The ladies smiled no more..poor Dan.
Did you hear about the Plastic Surgeon who hung himself?
Sorry for that.
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