The Islamic Republic of Iran is repeatedly making claims such as the one made by their Foreign Minister, Ali Akbar Salehi, in February 2013 at the German Council on Foreign Relations in Berlin. He said, “Iran’s main political priority is to seek peace.” At that time and even up to the present, Iran has been exporting arms and fighters into Syria, Yemen, and other places in order to foment war. Iran is considered to be the world’s foremost promoter and exporter of terrorism.
Although I have not read the agreement the United States and other powers have made with Iran, I hardly believe that it is necessary to do so. Iran is a dishonest and deceitful adversary. To deal with them believing that they will keep their words of peace is fanciful.
The whole deal signed in Vienna sounds very much like the deal Neville Chamberlain and the ministers of France signed with Hitler on 30 September 1938, which promised, as Chamberlain proudly claimed, “peace for our time.” After that deal, German tanks rolled into Poland less than one year later on 1 September 1939 and World War II was underway. Nazi Germany had been planning their conquest for several years before that.
The United States and our allies seem to be oblivious to the fact that playing cards with a dishonest dealer will never win a poker game.
It seems foolish to me to try to deal peacefully with a nation whose theme song is “Death to America and Israel.” Their intentions are not hard to understand.
For a better exposition of this problem, I would refer you to an editorial by Charles Krauthammer in the Washington Post dated 7/16/15 “Worse than we could have imagined.” http://wapo.st/1Lpy3K0
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