This morning, I’m going to write about something that I really don’t want to write about.  Read on and perhaps you’ll understand why.

 

Last week, Pres. Obama stirred up quite a bit of dust in the media by issuing a speech proclaiming that 63 years of US policy supporting Israel is about to be changed.  The speech was given on the eve of Israeli Pres. Netanyahu’s arrival at the White House.  Clearly, Obama timed his remarks in an attempt to embarrass and undermine the leader of Israel.  Personally, I believe it backfired, based upon the eloquent rebuttal delivered by Netanyahu as he sat next to our Community-Organizer-In-Chief.  But regardless of your opinion concerning which leader came out looking more presidential, more balanced and more realistic, this event has generated media noise.  So much noise, in fact, that you may not know of another story which broke May 13th.  So prepare yourself for a little more bad news.

 

The German newspaper Die Welt published in article written by Reza Kahill.  Don’t bother trying to look him up, because the name is an alias for a purported ex-CIA spy familiar with Iran’s Revolutionary Guard.  In essence, the article states that Iran is partnering with Venezuela to build a nuclear missile base in the Paraguana Peninsula.  If you’re uncertain where that is, take a look at this map.

If I understand remedial geography, the Paraguana Peninsula is relatively close to home, just on the other side of Cuba.

 

Here are some disturbing details, taken not only from the German newspaper story, but also some other blog sources that are listed at the end of this piece -

 

• On October 19 of last year, a secret agreement between Hugo Chavez and Mahmoud Ahmadinejad was signed calling for the expansion of relations between the two countries in order to establish a “New World Order”.  The same phrase often used by George Soros.

 

• Engineers from Khatam Al-Anbia, the construction arm of the Iranian Revolutionary Guard, have traveled to Venezuela in order to build military command stations, control bases, residential buildings, security towers, bunkers, dugouts and even pipelines designed to deliver rocket fuel underground.

 

• According to the Venezuelan government, the facilities under construction have no  military significance, but rather are simply “commercial enterprises”.   That same government, however,  has issued a strict no-fly zone over these installations.

 

• Some recently completed buildings being used as a base of operations for Quds, which is a special unit of Iran’s Army of the Guardians of the Islamic Revolution.  Other facilities are also harboring Hezbollah terrorists as they move throughout Latin America collaborating with the Mexican drug cartels.

 

• While it’s true that Iran’s Sajil-2 missile has a limited range of only 1200 miles, Iran also has two versions of long-range ballistic missiles it has developed in cooperation with North Korea.  They are known as the Shahab 5 and 6 and are built around a three stage system capable of delivering payloads across distances ‘between 3000 and 10,000 miles.

 

• Iran’s nuclear program continues to progress unchecked by Western powers.  It is currently 80% on its way to developing a nuclear warhead.

 

Predictably, Venezuela has “officially” denied these allegations, dismissing them as political saber rattling coming from  “propaganda labs of imperialistic US states aiming to attack our country”.

 

Analysis

 

Whether or not this story is true is open to debate.  Of the dozens of Internet blogs which have sprung up within the last four days, virtually all point to the same details released by the German newspaper.  It is also worth noting that this article was written by an anonymous individual who has recently published a book entitled “A Time to Betray”.  It chronicles his life as a double agent for the CIA assigned to Iran’s Revolutionary Guard.  It is possible, therefore, that some or all of the story has been generated in an attempt to increase book sales.

 

But putting cynicism aside, some of the facts above are not in dispute, particularly facts regarding the relationship between Chavez and Ahmadinejad, as well as Iran’s nuclear program.  So it’s probably a better- -than-even bet that much this information is true.  If you accept that premise, then juxtaposition this story next to Obama’s abandonment of Israel, you can begin to see that jihadist forces are gaining ground in the world and are currently operating without impunity in our own backyard.  Now complicate the situation with the fact that the Obama administration has no interest in enforcing America’s border to the south, nor have they made any serious attempt to halt Iran’s nuclear program.  If you mix all of these foreign policy ingredients together, you have the makings of a disaster on a scale that dwarfs 9/11 by comparison.  Virtually every major city in the continental United States is at risk.  And as one blog pointed out, the maniac with his finger on the button is not an atheist.  Rather, he believes that massive world destruction will bring back his Muslim messiah, known as the Mahdi.

 

So in my humble opinion, the killing of bin Laden was not, as NPR’s Cokie Roberts put it, a “game changer”.  But having a situation in which nuclear warheads may be buried in silos 60 feet underground and within 1200 miles of Miami is definitely a “game changer”.  Particularly when the launch directives are controlled by a joint partnership between Venezuela and Iran.  Am I assuming too much?  Perhaps.  But let me leave you with one final thought.

 

Some believe that history is doomed to repeat itself.  I disagree.  President Kennedy stopped a Soviet blockade from delivering missiles to Cuba in 1961.  Why?  Because he had the best interests of American citizens at heart.  Unfortunately, 50 years later I don’t believe we can say the same, with any certainty,  about Obama.  This current president seems preoccupied with appeasing our aggressors at the expense of American defense.  It’s a Rodney King foreign policy, aka “Can’t We Just All Get Along?” And his renowned lack of empathy towards his own citizens was illustrated last September when he told Bob Woodward:

 

“We can absorb a terrorist attack. We’ll do everything we can to prevent it, but even a 9/11, even the biggest attack ever . . . we absorbed it and we are stronger”.

 

His words seem to suggest that the mass murder of innocent American lives totaling thousands or even tens of thousands is simply unavoidable.  Something to be “absorbed”,  like an oil spill.   Sorry, bad example.

 

Well Mr. President, your somewhat passive, often contradictory and inconsistent foreign-policies may have finally produced a situation that threatens one or more American cities.   That’s quite an accomplishment for less than three years in office.  But let me ask you one very important question.   Can America  “absorb” the destruction of Miami or Memphis or Dallas or Las Vegas or Los Angeles once Iran completes it’s nuclear development?  Because if we can’t, then your misguided foreign policy of Arab appeasement has truly become a “game changer” in which we all lose.

 

Comments?

5/24/2011 8:13:55  from  Paul Richards   

Agree?Yes   
"Total capitulation.  Since reading this blog I've been trying to imagine what the US would be like once the missiles are in place.  And forget our position globally.  But I have no doubt that this president has been and will continue to sell us and the entire free world out - but for what??

Don't know if you saw this but puts another dimension on his throwing Israel under the bus.

        http://www.newsmax.com/LowellPonte/israel-hillaryclinton-IranianAmericanPoliticalActionCommittee/2011/05/20/id/397097?s=al&promo_code=C512-1

5/24/2011 10:05:00 from  Heinz  

Hey Craig, no body, no nation is driving the "New World Order" like the USofA, driven by the neocon's who have been empowered by the past 5 or 6 administrations bowing to AIPAC influence. As far as Israel goes, I support Obama on this completely (probably the only thing I support him on). As far as Netanyahu goes, he may be eloquent, but he's a snake in the grass that is overseeing the genocide of Palestinian people - the real crime that our complacency allows to go unabated. The real crime and reason why "they hate us"
As far as nuclear threats go, there is NO greater threat than the one in the Middle East and despite what the media and you wish us to believe, if there is nuclear  devastation. it will be because Israel launches it - they're the ones that are armed to the teeth with nuclear arsenal, (thanks to US!!) and they won't be ashamed to use it. The argument about who's planning to 'get the bomb' is a joke. If you were a neighbor to Israel, you'd want one too, for defensive purposes. The US/Israeli policy is one of "do what I say, not what I do".
As smart as you are, I'm surprised that you haven't learned to question authority. Haven't you been lied to enough by our government?

5/24/2011 10:24:29    from KK       

In response to the ridiculous and very personally one sided statement from Heinz: . You obviously have allowed your own personal experience with the US in regards to your father drastically cloud your judgment. Israel is and always will be our only ally in the middle east. If you think your opinion has any support here you are way off base. I feel very sorry for you Heinz. 

5/24/2011 12:57:31   from  Diane   

Agree? Yes    "I agree with Craig's article and Paul's comments.  But the responses of both Paul and Heinz exemplify the split that we find among intelligent citizens.  The new love affair between Chavez and Ahmadinejad is something that can't be ignored.

5/24/2011 21:45:00  Author/Editor's Comment

This is in response to the comments above from Heinz: 

Thank you for considering me "smart"  That said, I take exception to the notion that I don't question authority.  Independent research consumes several hours of my day.  If you think that the Obama White House Diaries website is simply recirculating talking points dictated by the government or media, then it's obvious that you're not paying attention to the content.  It seems glaringly apparent that you harbor some deep-seated personal prejudices against Israel.  There can be no other explanation for your position in light of the facts, including

• Israel is and always will be our only ally in the Middle East. 
• Israel is the only democracy in the region. 
• Israel shares the same ideals that built our Judeo-Christian nation.
• Israel does not believe that women are possessions or that the government should use deadly force to dictate its religious doctrine.  
• Israel has 7 million citizens.  And 1 million of those citizens are Arabs who live in peace with Jews. They, coincidentally,  and are the only democratically free Arabs in the region.
  

In contrast,

• Iran has vowed to dismantle Western civilization and implement worldwide sharia law, by force.
  
• The Palestinians have partnered with the terrorist Hamas organization.  Neither will acknowledge, let alone respect, Israel's right to exist.  In fact, Hamas openly vows Israel's destruction.  
  

So...

To suggest that the even-tempered and rational Israeli Pres. Netanyahu, who I believe you called a "snake", is a greater threat to America than Iran, Hamas or the other radical Muslim theocracies in the Middle East is simply a ludicrous proposition.

Perhaps if you lived in a middle-eastern totalitarian nation for a while you might see things a little differently than from the the vantage point of Northern California.  For example, San Francisco does not have to defend itself from rocket-fire across the Bay.  I can only imagine what day-to-day life must be like in tiny Israel, surrounded by fanatical enemies on all sides.  And now one of those self-proclaimed enemies is on the verge of becoming a nuclear threat.  Your argument seems to imply that all these facts are simply lies spun by the US government.  The future may prove you wrong, perhaps sooner that you think.   But then again, that won't really matter much to the rest of us if Iran is allowed to start World War III, now will it?.  - Craig

Sources

http://www.hollywoodrepublican.net/2011/05/the-game-changer/

http://latino.foxnews.com/latino/news/2011/05/17/iran-building-secret-missile-installation-venezuela/

http://www.newsmax.com/InsideCover/OliverNorth-Obama-Mideast-Israel/2011/05/20/id/397126?s=al&promo_code=C4E4-1

http://ausbullion.blogspot.com/2011/05/iran-arrests-30-us-spies-as-it-builds.html

http://nosint.blogspot.com/2011/05/venezuela-rebuffs-reports-over-iranian.html

http://thelandandthebook.blogspot.com/2011/05/new-cuban-missile-crisis.html

http://news.oneindia.in/2010/09/23/obamasaid-us-can-absorb-another-911-claims-woodwardbook.html

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