More on Iran and “Willful Blindness”

Jay’s Fox News op-ed is a must-read for those who are still wavering on the Chuck Hagel nomination.  Let’s just put aside for the moment all the debate about his intemperate and offensive comments about Israel and focus on a core reality: Chuck Hagel argued for greater cooperation with Iran mere months after Iran committed acts of war against the United States:

This expression of “common interests” and cooperation is staggering – especially considering the timing. Not two months before he delivered the speech, Iran’s Quds Force, a paramilitary terrorist arm of the Iranian government, engineered a raid on an American base in Karbala, Iraq.  Four American soldiers were kidnapped and summarily and brutally executed. 

And worse, the acts of war against the U.S. continue:

In 2011, just as American soldiers were preparing to leave Iraq, the Iranian Revolutionary Guard Corps supplied allied militias with new and dangerous weapons. In February of that year, British forces even intercepted an Iranian shipment of 122-mm. rockets with a range of 13 miles – rockets that would dramatically increase Taliban striking power.

I’d encourage everyone to read and share Jay’s piece.  At the ACLJ we’ve been saying for weeks that Senator Hagel is in favor of appeasing Iran’s radical government.  Appeasement is a strong word, but given the facts Jay outlines, it is exactly the right word.