Nuclear Pact With Iran Signed 14 July 2015….

History repeating. 

 It isn't just those who IGNORE history who are doomed to repeat it, it is also those who REVISE history who suffer the same end.

1938, British Prime Minister Neville Chamberlain meets with Hitler in Munich, ceding Czechoslovakia to the Third Reich, signing a document stating their desire to achieve goals through negotiation, and returning to Britain to proclaim that he had secured "… peace with honour. I believe it is peace for our time.” His efforts to appease Hitler, as we know all to well, did NOT secure the peace for which Chamberlain had sought. Instead, it emboldened Hitler to begin his full-on conquest to occupy Europe. 

 Winston Churchill's response to the agreement is instructive for today: “You were given the choice between war and dishonour. You chose dishonour and you will have war.” 

 Iran has made it clear that it is seeking out war with Israel, the United States, and moderate Arab countries in the region. This agreement, which gives Iran nearly everything it demanded and remains essentially unverifiable (it gives give the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) access "where necessary when necessary", something that IRAN, which has a track record of denying such access, will determine despite what the agreement might say), in no way dissuades Iran from those goals. In fact, all the while negotiations were ongoing, the Iranian president, the ayatollah, and the chief military military leaders of the country were publicly declaring that an agreement would be unenforceable, as they would never allow inspections to take place. They see it for what it is - a ploy to lift sanctions while giving them time to further develop their weapons. 

 The president says this deal "…. marks one more chapter in our pursuit of a safer, more helpful and more hopeful world." Sound familiar? In point of fact, he was "…. given the choice between war and dishonour. [He] chose dishonour and [he] will have war.” 

 Congress now has 60 days to evaluate and either ratify or reject the agreement. The president has said he will veto any legislation rejecting it; it would require a two-thirds vote of the legislature to override his veto. 

 Hopefully, congress rejects the treaty.