U.N. endorses Iran nuclear deal with 6 world powers

Members of the Security Council vote at United Nations headquarters, Monday, July 20, 2015. The U.N. Security Council unanimously endorsed the landmark nuclear deal between Iran and six world powers and adopted a series of measures leading to the end ... more >

By - Associated Press - Monday, July 20, 2015 

 

UNITED NATIONS (AP) — The U.N. Security Council has unanimously endorsed the landmark nuclear deal between Iran and six world powers.

The resolution, co-sponsored by all 15 council members and adopted Monday morning, also authorizes a series of measures leading to the end of U.N. sanctions that have hurt Iran’s economy.

But the measure also provides a mechanism for U.N. sanctions to “snap back” in place if Iran fails to meet its obligations.

The resolution had been agreed to by the five veto-wielding council members, who along with Germany negotiated the nuclear deal with Iran.

Baltimore Since Freddie Grey: A Spike In Crime, A ‘Preventable’ Riot, And The Dismissal Of A Police Commissioner

Matt Vespa / Townhall Columist

 

Since the controversial arrest of Freddie Gray, who later died in police custody, the city of Baltimore has been thrown into turmoil.

The six officers involved in Gray’s arrest have been indicted, with charges ranging from manslaughter, second-degree assault, misconduct in office, reckless endangerment, and vehicular manslaughter. As a result, officers have been taking less of an aggressive approach in fighting crime. Crime has spiked–and neighborhoods that once decried police now want them back on patrol.

The city has had a problem with its police department, which has a history of improper arrests and professional misconduct. At the same time, Mayor Stephanie Rawlings-Blake found herself in hot water when she reportedly said, “It's a very delicate balancing act because while we try to make sure that they were protected from the cars and the other things that were going on, we also gave those who wished to destroy space to do that as well” at a press conference during the Freddie Grays riots in April. She later clarified those remarks on her Facebook page.

Nevertheless, the riots, which began on April 25, grew so out of control by April 27 that Gov. Larry Hogan (R-MD) declared a state of emergency in Baltimore city and mobilized the National Guard. By May 3, the rioting had pretty much subsided. In a review conducted by the police union, they pointed that such chaos was “preventable.” It was released on July 8:

The Day Israel Died

Kurt Schlichter / Townhall Columnist

Last year, my book Conservative Insurgency: The Struggle To Take America Back 2009-2041, predicted a liberal sellout of Israel. The prediction was wrong only in terms of who led the betrayal. In reality it was Barack Obama, while in the book it is President Hillary Clinton. The following scenario is adapted from that chapter. All of the military and other information is based on open sources.

On a warm September day in 2015, the United States Senate failed to override Obama’s veto of the measure rejecting his Iranian nuclear agreement. Every one of the 54 Republicans voted against the agreement, which would deliver to the mullahs $150 billion, lift the conventional weapons embargo, and validate Iran’s nuclear program in exchange for vague promises not to go nuclear for 10 years. Twelve Democrats, coincidentally the Democrats holding the 12 toughest seats, were allowed to vote against the bill. Because Congress had surrendered its treaty power, 67 votes were required to stop the agreement instead of the 67 required to enact a treaty under the increasingly irrelevant Constitution.

The promised money flowed into Iran and, as predicted, the money flowed out again to America’s enemies – Hezbollah, the Syrian regime, the Houthis, and even the Taliban. Their services included a massive surge in advanced IED attacks on the dwindling U.S. forces in Afghanistan. Dozens of Americans died, hundreds were maimed.

The Iranians, from the beginning, cheated on a massive scale, and Benjamin Netanyahu’s government immediately redoubled its efforts to ensure the Iranians could not cross the line from aspiring to actual nuclear power. Israeli cyber warriors worked to slow the program remotely, but the NSA – on President Obama’s orders – assisted the Iranians in hardening their computer systems pursuant to the nuclear deal’s notorious “sabotage” provisions.

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Famous Muslim cleric: No sanctity in Islam for Obama's life

Prediction: We'll 'increasingly' see more attacks like Tennessee

During an American radio interview Sunday, radical British Islamist preacher Anjem Choudary spoke about whether the recent attack on two military facilities in Tennessee was justified according to Islamic Shariah law.

“One has to have a look at this from the perspective of the reality which is seen coming upon us today in the world, which is the fact that we have an Islamic state,” said Choudary. “You have Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi, who is the Caliph, and of course the order has come from him to attack the interests and the personnel and in particular the army of those countries who are at war, in particular America and Britain and France and others. We’ve seen this before in France, and we’ve seen this in Tunisia, and now we see this in Tennessee. I think that this is inevitable.”

Choudary, founder of the outlawed Al Muhajiroun British pro-terrorist organization, was being interviewed for “Aaron Klein Investigative Radio,” broadcast on New York’s AM 970 The Answer and Philadelphia’s NewsTalk 990 AM and online.

“Definitely there is a cause and effect taking place here,” said Choudary regarding the Tennessee attacks, “in return for the drone attacks and the occupation of Muslim land in Syria and Iraq. These are the repercussions that we will increasingly see in the West. I don’t think this should surprise anyone. As you well know, the American establishment is engaged in a war, they are openly hostile toward Islam and Muslims. This is not an unusual phenomenon, and indeed I think that 9-11 was a milestone between the Muslim world and the West, and since then we’ve seen many of these instances. This is just the latest in this quagmire and cycle of violence in which we find ourselves.”

Op-ed:
Violating the Constitution Yet Again

By: Diane Sori / The Patriot Factor / Right Side Patriots on CPR Worldwide Media www.cprworldwidemedia.net

"He shall have Power, by and with the Advice and Consent of the Senate, to make Treaties, provided two thirds of the Senators present concur."
- Article II, section 2 of the U.S. Constitution

Fact: the U.S. Constitution clearly states that the Senate must approve any and all treaties...and the Iran deal is technically a treaty whether Obama likes it or NOT. And yet Obama and his minions are pushing hard, based upon a provision in the deal, for a U.N. Security Counsel resolution to force an immediate lifting of all international sanctions on Iran as per his...and know this is his...deal with the enemy and doing so before Congress either approves or hopefully rejects it. And know that if Obama does succeed in doing this it will be another blatant in-our-face abuse of executive power as he outwardly once again shows his total contempt for Congress, making this one more case for impeachment...that is if Congress has the guts and fortitude to do what they know needs to be done.

Remember, back in May, when after the 'framework' deal was reached in Geneva, Obama signed the 'Iran Nuclear Agreement Review Act' (INARA) that he said assured 'We the People' that Congress would have the final say on any deal reached with Iran...well...as usual...it was but another one of his oh so many lies. Knowing there was a 'loophole' in the law as written...a loophole which states that the INARA only applies to 'statutory sanctions'...meaning those sanctions already passed by Congress...Obama is now claiming that any other sanctions...even those already in place or any new ones that are placed on Iran...are within his power as president to unilaterally...with his 'pen and his phone'...either impose or remove at his whim.

And here's a little but very important tidbit many might NOT be aware of...when Obama signed the INARA it came with the verbiage lowering the votes needed for passing an international agreement...meaning instead of requiring the usual two-thirds majority for Senate approval...this very bad deal that is NOT due to come to vote until September...now only requires a simple majority vote for approval in both Houses. But to make matters worse a full two-thirds majority (67 votes) is needed for a 'resolution of disapproval'...and that means at least a half-dozen Democratic votes are needed to override Obama's veto...a veto we know will surely come if the deal is indeed rejected. But with a vote once expected to come down against the deal now hampered by the fact that some on the Republican side and many on the Democratic side are considering approving, the administration is working in overdrive to lay the guilt that if the deal goes sour the U.S. and Obama will be seen as 'weak' on the international stage, never mind that he and the U.S. thanks to him already are.

So by sending this to the U.N. before September's Congressional vote...and knowing how the U.N. does Obama's bidding especially when that bidding blatantly slaps both the U.S. and Israel in the face...Obama has assured that first, Congress will NOT be able to review the entire deal...in this case the lifting of the sanctions....the very thing we hold over Iran's head...before voting on it and second, even if Congress does reject the deal the best they can do is keep in place the limited sanctions we have already unilaterally imposed, but even that has the caveat of Obama still being able to use presidential waivers to lift those.

Talk about making a deal with the devil...talk about the devil making a deal with himself.

Now enter center stage Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu...the world's last great statesman. Forced by circumstances to lead the rightfully strong opposition to this very bad deal, Netanyahu knows NOT only the obvious ramifications a nuclear armed Iran poses to Israel, but also knows that Iran is NOT even trying to hide the fact that it will use a large portion of the monies it gets from the released sanctions to further fund terror worldwide. Speaking before the Israeli cabinet yesterday, BiBi pointed out that those who think signing such a deal with Iran would have Iran “tempering its extremism” are sorrily mistaken as Iran's Supreme leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei...in a speech at a Tehran mosque on Saturday...in a speech interrupted time and again by shouts of "Death to America" and "Death to Israel"... said Iran would NOT allow the “disruption of its revolutionary principles or defensive abilities” and would “continue their fight against the United States and its allies, Israel being chief among them."

“Their fight”...can it be made any clearer than that...I think NOT as Iran has basically just told the world that deal or NO deal they will continue on in their quest to become nuclear armed, but sadly it seems that only Benjamin Netanyahu is heeding those words. Countering with oh so wise words of his own that, "The deal that was signed paves the way for Iran to arm itself with nuclear weapons, perhaps in a decade, if Iran decides to honor the agreement, and much sooner if it decides to violate it, as it tends to do," Netanyahu knows well what Obama is trying to pull by going to the U.N. before Congress has its say.

Remember, the only way for Congress to run shotgun over this very bad deal is for it to be introduced in the Senate as a treaty...as it should be as per our Constitution. Unfortunately, that decision rests with Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell... RINO Mitch McConnell...and there's NO telling what he will do especially when Obama, as I said above, has threatened to use his executive powers to implement this deal if Congress dares to reject it. But the bottom line remains that this deal stinks from the get-go especially with the part about NO inspections going forward without basically Iranian approval...I mean really...who does Obama think he's kidding in agreeing to this.

This is one very bad deal that Congress...that both Republicans and Democrats... should unite together to reject in its entirety and instead issue a strong ultimatum to both Barack HUSSEIN Obama and to Iran that all nuclear enrichment must stop and stop now or military options will force them do so; that sanctions will be increased ten-fold; that embargoes will be put in place that will totally cripple Iran's economy; that Israel will be given the 'green light' to do whatever they deem necessary to assure their survival with the U.S. standing strongly besides them; and that the U.N. be damned for Iran has broken the 'Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty' time and again and still they have NOT done anything about it.

The time for placating our enemies is over...and that includes the enemy occupying the White House...an oh so-special kind of enemy who cavalierly violates the Constitution at whim as he pursues the things he and his brethren want...as he willingly acquiesces to the wishes of the brethren...all while ignoring that which 'We the People' want. But then again Congress knows this and has proven by their previous votes that they either just do NOT care, that they will tow the party line NO matter what, or that they are too damned scared of Obama flashing the race card to do anything about it, meaning they are just as guilty of violating the Constitution as Obama is. And know that his wanting this deal to go to the U.N. before being decided upon by Congress is just another of his many Constitutional violations.

So now Congress has one more chance to do the right thing but I won't hold hold my breath that they do, but know that this time their actions or lack thereof will NOT only affect the U.S. and Israel, but will have serious worldwide ramifications if they allow this very bad deal to go through.