Testifying before an overwhelmingly hostile Congress on the Iran nuclear deal, Joint Chiefs of Staff chairman Gen. Martin Dempsey says that he generally supports the deal, believing it lowers the risk of Iran getting nuclear arms while still giving the US plenty of time to “confront” Iran about other things.
Dempsey insisted he had advised the White House to keep sanctions against Iran in place for “as long as possible” and to keep on working with allies about possible action against Iran on any other pretext with the resolution of the nuclear issue.
Gen. Dempsey also dismissed concerns about Iran getting frozen money returned to them, saying he believes much of that money will be used as foreign reserves, and that it is “highly exaggerated” to think Iran is just going to send it all to Hezbollah.
Several on the Senate Armed Services Committee, notably Sen. McCain (R – AZ), were loudly opposed to the deal, believing that Iran’s money will allow them to prevent the ouster of the Assad government in Syria, and was therefore tantamount to supporting terror.
BBC coverage of President Dwight Eisenhower's Farewell Address, in which he warns the United States of America against the rise of the Military Industrial Complex.
Eisenhower Farewell Address — Military Industrial Complex
He had previously been a five-star general in the United States Army during World War II and served as Supreme Commander of the Allied Forces in Europe; he had responsibility for planning and supervising the invasion of North Africa in Operation Torch in 1942–43 and the successful invasion of France and Germany in 1944–45 from the Western Front. In 1951, he became the first supreme commander of NATO.
December 24, 2013 The Worldwide Network of US Military Bases
The Global Deployment of US Military Personnel
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Senator McCain has once again provided overwhelming evidence of his unusually bad judgement and lack of coherent, responsible thinking. His sadly misguided selection of Sarah Palin as his running mate in 2008, together with his more recent irresponsible statements in the Senate about Iran, are a clear warning signal that his retirement from the US Senate should be imminent and without delay to protect our country from further damage. The Senator's close alignment with another questionable entity from South Carolina, Lindsey Graham, who can not spend enough time lauding Netanyahu, is another example of McCain's serious lack of good judgement. Send them both packing!!