Armies of Liberation

It seems the big story breaking today is that one below about Kerry lying about meeting with the UN security council. Those of us paying attention already know he’s a liar. Those who hate President Bush will excuse anything in Kerry. Bill has some great analysis and a roundup of thinking around the sphere about the importance of this story.

I propose a new scandle: Irangate.
Has John Kerry been corrupted by donations from supporters of the Iranian regime?

We have all the ingredients in our handy dandy scandle kit: voter ignorance of the topic, MSM refusal to cover it, documented facts, resources, Kerry’s own statements, court testimony. Most importantly, its a true story.

I’m sure you recall the letter the Kerry camp sent to Iranian officials as reported in the US and Iranian media at the time:
“Iran’s Mehr News Agency reports it has received an e-mail from the presidential campaign of Sen. John Kerry pitching the candidate as one who will “repair the damage done” to international relations by President Bush.”

John Kerry’s Irangate?
WND

On Monday, Oct. 18, 2004, Hassan Nemazee, an
Iranian-American, one of John Kerry’s top fund-raisers, was
deposed in New York City. Under oath, Nemazee acknowledged
that he has raised over $500,000 for the Kerry presidential
campaign.

Iran had slipped into the first presidential debate
virtually unnoticed. Near the end of the debate, John Kerry
restated his position that the United States should supply
Iran with nuclear fuel. Kerry said:

“I think the United States should have offered the
opportunity to provide the nuclear fuel, test them, see
whether or not they were actually looking for it for
peaceful purposes. ”

Alarm bells should have been sounding for any listener who
cared about international peace or the security of Israel.
The Islamic government ruling Iran is by all rational
analyses a rouge, terror-supporting, mullah-dominated
regime with a history of suppressing freedom with a fierce
hand of violence. This is the same Iranian regime that held
our diplomats hostage for 444 days under President Carter.

These mad Mullahs have sworn death to Israel ? a policy
they have emphasized by openly funding the terrorist
organizations Hezbollah and Hamas, known for sending
suicide bombers into Israel. The 9-11 commission’s report
devotes pages 240-241 to a section describing the
“assistance from Hezbollah and Iran to al-Qaida.” Even
today, Iran sends insurgents across the border into Iraq to
cause instability and attack American troops.

Yet, Sen. Kerry boldly states he wants to give these
international criminals free access to nuclear fuel, all
under the presumption that they will keep their word and
use the uranium for peaceful purpose only?

Under oath, even Mr. Nemazee, John Kerry’s top Iranian
fund-raiser, completely repudiated John Kerry’s policy. Mr.
Nemazee testified that Sen. Kerry had not asked his
opinion, but if the senator had asked, Mr. Nemazee would
have advised that the Iranian Islamic regime cannot be
trusted but to have any intention other than to build
nuclear weapons. Mr. Nemazee freely agreed that the current
Iranian government is a terror-exporting regime, and he
openly stated his wish for regime change.

What possibly could be going on here? Did Nemazee back the
wrong candidate? Please, somebody give Mr. Nemazee a
telephone. He needs to call the candidate before Sen. Kerry
makes a horrible mistake and gives the mad mullahs nuclear
fuel.

Or, was Nemazee not stating his true position under oath?
Could we be experiencing a repeat of Bill Clinton’s
infamous Chinagate? Was Kerry willing to trade access to
nuclear technology and nuclear fuel in return for generous
campaign contributions? These are important questions.
Maybe the truth was spoken by Nemazee’s money, not the
words he uttered at his deposition. Maybe Mr. Nemazee had
achieved with Sen. Kerry’s nuclear policy statement in the
debate result he had intended.

One thing was for sure: The liberal, mainstream media were
nowhere in sight. ABC, NBC, CBS, the New York Times, and
the Washington Post wanted to be as far away as possible
from the Nemazee deposition … a story that might taint
their predetermined candidate.

How did Mr. Nemazee’s deposition come about? He started it
by suing Iranian freedom-advocate, Aryo Pirouznia, the
leader of the Student Movement Coordination Committee for
Democracy in Iran. Nemazee charged Mr. Pirouznia with
defamation for stating that Mr. Nemazee was an agent of the
Iranian Islamic republic. Mr. Pirouznia filed a
countersuit, locking Nemazee into a deposition. A judge in
Texas, where the suit was filed, set the deposition for a
date before the November election, despite the objections
of Nemazee’s leader.

Make no mistake about it: Iran is a clear and present
danger to the world. Iran’s leader, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei,
has urged his country to develop a nuclear weapon as a top
priority, exhorting his followers that, “We must have two
bombs ready to go in January or you are not Muslims.”

Iran’s former president, Akbar Hashemi Rafsanjani, claims
Iran has already developed a satellite-launching rocket
with a range of 2,000 kilometers ? more than enough to
reach Israel. Right now, Iran’s Russian-constructed nuclear
power plant at Bushehr is completed, waiting only for the
delivery of nuclear fuel to be operational. The nuclear
fuel need to operate Bushehr would be about half the way
there to being weapons grade.

The moment Iran has in its possession a nuclear weapon
capable of being unleashed on Israel, the entire
calculation in the Middle East changes. Israel will
immediately fear for survival and millions of Christians
all around the world will be rushing to their Bibles to
reread the story of the apocalypse. A nuclear-armed Iran,
sitting on an estimated 40 percent of the world’s known oil
reserves might well venture into petroleum blackmail, with
the price of oil reaching $100 or even $200 a barrel.

Should John Kerry and the pro-Iran lobby in the United
States have its way, and should we normalize diplomatic
relations with Iran, instantly the terror-supporting regime
could take advantage of relaxations in Patriot Act
protections, using the diplomatic cover as an easy excuse
to slip terrorists more readily across our borders.

We are now sounding the alarm bell. Before Americans vote
for president, just a few days from now, we need answers.
Why, Sen. Kerry, is your policy for Iran any more secure
than the nearly identical policy the last Democratic
president followed for Korea? If Mr. Nemazee wants to stand
by his deposition, we now have a videotape of his testimony
ready to play for the world.

We will keep you posted as to where the streaming video can
be viewed and we stand ready to get Mr. Nemazee in touch
with Sen. Kerry so he can explain to his candidate of
choice the tragic mistake the senator is ready to make.

Jerome R. Corsi received a Ph.D. from Harvard University in
political science in 1972 and has written many books and
articles, including the No. 1 New York Times best-seller,
“Unfit for Command ? Swift Boat Veterans Speak Out Against
John Kerry.” Dr. Corsi is an expert on political violence
and terrorism and is currently writing a new book titled,
“Atomic Islam,” due to be released in 2005 by WND Books.

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