Crush Iran: The Strategy We Should Have Pursued All Along

Secretary of State Mike Pompeo delivered his first major foreign policy address saying Monday the United States is prepared to level the strongest sanctions in history on Iran if its government does not reverse course on its nuclear ambitions.

Two weeks ago, President Trump withdrew from the 2015 Iran nuclear deal (JCPOA) because its fatal flaws failed to guarantee the safety of the American people.

The JCPOA, Pompeo said, “permitted the Iranian regime to use the money from the JCPOA to boost the economic fortunes of a struggling people, but the regime’s leaders refused to do so. Instead, the government spent its newfound treasure fueling proxy wars across the Middle East and lining the pockets of the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps, Hezbollah, Hamas, and the Houthis.”

“We should remember, too, that during the JCPOA Iran continues to hold Americans hostage: Baquer Namazi, Siamak Namazi, Xiyue Wang and Bob Levinson who has been missing for over 11 years,” continued Pompeo.

Later in his speech at the Heritage Foundation the Secretary of State said, “It is clear that the JCPOA has not ended Iran’s nuclear ambitions, nor did it deter its quest for a regional hegemony. Iran’s leaders saw the deal as the starting gun for the march across the Middle East.”

Then came the diplomatic body slam of demands on Iran:

First, Iran must declare to the IAEA a full account of the prior military dimensions of its nuclear program, and permanently and verifiably abandon such work in perpetuity.

Second, Iran must stop enrichment and never pursue plutonium reprocessing. This includes closing its heavy water reactor.

Third, Iran must also provide the IAEA with unqualified access to all sites throughout the entire country.

Iran must end its proliferation of ballistic missiles and halt further launching or development of nuclear-capable missile systems.

Iran must release all U.S. citizens, as well as citizens of our partners and allies, each of them detained on spurious charges.

Iran must end support to Middle East terrorist groups, including Lebanese Hezbollah, Hamas, and the Palestinian Islamic Jihad.

Iran must respect the sovereignty of the Iraqi Government and permit the disarming, demobilization, and reintegration of Shia militias.

Iran must also end its military support for the Houthi militia and work towards a peaceful political settlement in Yemen.

Iran must withdraw all forces under Iranian command throughout the entirety of Syria.

Iran, too, must end support for the Taliban and other terrorists in Afghanistan and the region, and cease harboring senior al-Qaida leaders.

Iran must end the IRG Quds Force’s support for terrorists and militant partners around the world.

Iran must end its threatening behavior against its neighbors many of whom are U.S. allies. This certainly includes its threats to destroy Israel, and its firing of missiles into Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates. It also includes threats to international shipping and destructive cyberattacks.

The list is long. Neither President Trump nor Secretary of State Pompeo created it, the mullahs did.

Pompeo made it clear this is America’s strategy. It’s the strategy we always should have pursued.

Treason, Thy Names Are Obama And Clinton

I have been loath to post the hints dropped by the anonymous politically connected hint dropper Qanon, but this Qanon summary/analysis in The Goldwater pretty much follows what many of us have been thinking lately, that President Trump has been dismantling the Deep State and the hellish international accommodations arranged by the Clintons and Obama (and the Bushes perhaps, remember Bush41 was the Director of the CIA under JFK). 

Over a dozen top FBI and DoJ officials have resigned, been fired or reassigned to menial positions (they're cooperating) because of the investigations authorized by Trump. There are over 29,000 sealed federal indictments waiting to be executed. Thousands of pedophiles have been arrested and their networks dismantled. There is talk of much worse crimes than child pornography/rape that will be addressed; much, much, much worse.

The following is but a brief excerpt from a lengthy article. 

The American people have undergone a great awakening - in terms of the realization that the remnants of the Obama Administration have attempted to subvert the Presidency of Donald Trump - on repeated occasions - including the most recent violation of the Logan Act by John Kerry, Barack Obama, and Hillary Rodham Clinton.

Let's discuss the most recent of Q crumbs, and break them all down in explanation.

Today, EVIL lost control / leverage of Iran.

Despite the efforts of John Kerry to travel internationally and salvage the Obama legacy of the Iranian Nuclear Deal, President Trump ended it once and for all.

Today, POTUS took control of Iran.

In removing the Iranian Nuclear Deal, the Central Intelligence Agency no longer can manipulate the Mullahs into the oppression of those who would rise against Ayatollah Khamenei. Many are unaware of how the CIA played a role in the initial “Islamic revolution” of Iran in 1979, which essentially placed Khamenei into power. 64 years after the attempted coup in Iran, the United States Office of the Historian issued a press release in 2017 about the US intelligence role in these efforts.

The people of Iran were forced to submit to oppression through Shariah as a result. As we've seen in last fall's attempted uprising, the people want freedom from the tyrannical regime of Iran. Women now seek freedom from the tyranny of the male-dominant Islamic rule of law.

Today, w/ pending sanctions and military action(s), POTUS will gain more ammunition / intel against THEM.

The recent revelations from Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu showcased how Iran manipulated the United States of America as well as the world body in their efforts to defy the Iranian Nuclear Deal, by continuing their efforts to withhold plans to develop Nuclear Weapons inside of an empty warehouse in Tehran.

While no doubt Israel is a lifelong enemy of Iran, with previous leadership in Iran going as far as threatening to “wipe Israel off the map,” and suggesting the genocide of Jewish people, as well as Americans, the Mossad intelligence achievement of capturing those documents is one of the most amazing feats in global intelligence history.

We're seeing our allies gain strength and those who will wish to bring them down from within be exposed.

Yes, Israel has problems just as does America from their left wing and the globalists backing them, but as you've seen, the bond between Trump and Jerusalem is strong.

Suicide watch.

Now that the efforts of John Kerry to subvert the President have been made public, it's indeed possible that charges could be brought against him, or even Hillary Clinton and Barack Obama himself.

While these are hypothetical legal cases, I'm puzzled as to whom would be responsible for such a criminal case.

Would it be the Department of Justice who could bring charges? Would it be a Military Tribunal?

Certainly the threat alone of John Kerry or other Obama Administration officials engaging in violations of the Logan Act would explain the metaphor, ”suicide watch,” essentially saying that Kerry is now “hiding in his cage,” fearing any additional (albeit definitely possible) charges against him.

And there is more, much more, about the Uranium One deal.

Tick Tock: The Complete History of the Clinton Crime Family and Uranium One from A to Z

It's also important to remind people of the brilliant Politico story, “The secret backstory of how Obama let Hezbollah off the hook,”a masterful exposure of how the Obama Administration ordered the FBI [and the DEA in particular ~ sig94] to ignore money laundering, drug trafficking, and even arms dealing with Iranian terror cell Hezbollah right here in the United States of America.

This alone is treason, and it was allowed to happen so Obama could appease the Iranians into the Iran Nuclear Deal.

Wipe That Smile Off Your Face Pudgy

America's place in the world has been the subject of much discussion since President Trump took office.  His pledge of “America first” has been dubbed jingoistic—a belligerent nationalism—by mainstream media serving as an arm of the Democrat Party and more specifically the Obama Administration.

For eight years America’s standing in the world was obliterated by a community organizer who was routinely criticized for not waging war robustly enough against terrorist groups like ISIS and a pledge not to commit ground troops to the cause.  The result is a world far more dangerous than we could have imagined just eight years before.

The same diplomat who negotiated the ill-fated 1994 nuclear deal with North Korea under President Bill Clinton was also the chief negotiator for the nuclear deal with Iran under President Barack Obama.  Wendy Sherman, Obama’s Undersecretary of State, led the talks with Iran. 

As counselor to then-Secretary of State Madeleine Albright, Sherman worked with former defense secretary William Perry on a 1999 review of U.S. policy toward North Korea. That review warned that the team had “serious concerns about possible continuing nuclear weapons-related work in the DPRK.”  The review also viewed with alarm the North’s continued efforts to improve its long-range missile capability.

Just as North Korea found a way to cheat, so has Iran.

The USS Carl Vinson was spotted sailing north offshore Nagasaki, Japan on Saturday local time in a show of force after North Korea’s latest test fire flop of a KN-17 ballistic missile.

Must see from earlier today! #USSCarlVinson & other #USNavy ships transit #PhilippineSea with Japan Maritime Self Defence Force destroyers. pic.twitter.com/PqARWcgnR7

— U.S. Navy (@USNavy) April 28, 2017

The reported launch came hours after Secretary of State Rex Tillerson called on China, and the rest of the world, to help force the dictator-led country to give up its nuclear weapons during his address to the UN Security Council.

On Thursday, President Trump warned a 'major, major conflict' with North Korea was possible over its nuclear and ballistic missile programs, while China said the situation on the Korean peninsula could slip out of control.

Former UN Ambassador John Bolton noted in his USA Today op-ed from Friday, “For 25 years U.S. presidents, Republican and Democratic alike, have tried persuasion (through diplomacy) and coercion (through economic sanctions) to induce North Korea to abandon its nuclear-weapons and ballistic-missile programs. All these efforts have failed.  A 26th year will also fail.  North Korea sees deliverable nuclear weapons as its ace in the hole, synonymous with regime survival.”

The gutting of our missile defense capabilities by The World’s Most Dangerous Community Organizer has made pre-emptive action against the hermit kingdom the most likely strategy for ending this evolving crisis.  Bolton points out only one non-military alternative now exists:  convincing China that reuniting the Korean peninsula with South Korea peacefully absorbing the North serves both our interests.

Does anyone remember the 2004 marionette movie “Team America World Police”?  It was a light-hearted lampooning of air-headed, left-wing Hollywood celebrity activism and said something about America’s historic role as watchman of the world.

The primary villains in Team America are a consortium of Islamic terrorists and the now-deceased North Korean dictator Kim Jong-il. Together, they plot to set off nuclear weapons across the globe in order to reset the world's balance of power. The only thing standing in their way is Team America who must win battles against the terrorists as well as public opinion wars against the international community and Hollywood pacifists led by the likes of Alec Baldwin, Michael Moore, Tim Robbins, Sean Penn and Susan Sarandon.

We need a sequel to Team America World Police with Trump.

NOTE:  Coarse language contained in the embedded video below. 

UPDATE:  Welcome readers of The Pirate’s Cove..  We appreciate the Admiral for kindly linking to this post.