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With the Dallas tragedy deservedly getting the bulk of media coverage, two interrelated items in the news exposing current major flaws in the Iran nuclear deal will likely slide by unnoticed by the majority of the pubic. 

On Thursday,  according to FoxNews.com: “The House overwhelmingly approved a pair of measures Thursday aimed at blocking Boeing from selling aircraft to Iran, amid fears the deal could end up benefiting the country’s military as well as terror groups Hamas and Hezbollah.

 

Rep. Peter Roskam, R-Ill., who sponsored the measures said: “To give these types of planes to the Iranian regime, which still is the world's largest state sponsor of terror, is to give them a product that can be used for a military purpose.” 

The deal is estimated to involve roughly 100 aircraft, consisting of 777s and 737s, and be worth up to $25 billion was made possible by the easing of trade sanctions under the Iran nuclear deal. 

While the tremendous threat contained in the deal is obvious to anyone with the slightest reading comprehension, the government's position on the transaction is childishly ridiculous, as follows:   

“State Department spokesman John Kirby said last month the sale and any possible future deals depend on Iran's good behavior and said the U.S. could revoke the license for the deal if planes, parts or services are "used for purposes other than exclusively civil aviation end-use" or if aircraft are transferred to individuals or companies on a U.S. terrorism blacklist. 

Kirby added: ”[Any suggestion] that we would or will turn a blind eye to Iran's state sponsorship of terrorism or their terrorist-supporting activities is completely without merit."

Reading Kirby’s responses illustrates clearly that since any revocation of “planes, parts or service,” would result from Iran “behaving” badly, that behavior would not be known until after the fact. Which means that if the aircraft were used to deliver armaments, troop transfer or perhaps nuclear weaponry, revoking the “license” would occur far, far too late.

And then, as if in the most blatant proof of the aircraft deal's inanity, the AP and Times of Israel staff reported: “Iran said Saturday it would continue its ballistic missile program after UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-Moon said the missile tests were not in the spirit of the country’s landmark nuclear deal with world powers. 

“In comments published on Iran’s foreign ministry website Saturday, spokesman Bahram Ghasemi said that “Iran will strongly continue its missile program based on its own defense and national security calculations.” 

Reuters on Friday quoted an Iranian Foreign Ministry source as telling Iran’s semi-official Tasnim news agency that, “I suggest that Mr. Ban give a fair report … in which he also mentions America is not fulfilling its commitments under the deal.” 

“In his first six-monthly report to the UN Security Council on implementation of a resolution endorsing the landmark deal, Ban called on Iran to stop conducting ballistic missile launches. He said such actions could increase tensions in the Middle East. 

“But Ban’s report stopped short of saying the missile launches were a violation of the UN Security Council resolution.” 

So, here we have Iranian officials not only confirming that Iran has no intention of ceasing or limiting its weaponry development, but directly questioning the behavior of the United States. And at the very same time, the U.S. State Department has no qualms about giving them added air-power capability to make good on their threats. Things simply can’t be done any dumber than that.    

Quite appropriately, a friend sent the following:   

"BULLETIN… Redskins finally drop offensive name…

"Daniel Snyder, owner of the National Football League team, the Washington Redskins, has announced that following in-depth research into the acceptance of the team name, it is conclusive that the name has been found offensive. 
 
"Beginning with the 2017 season, Snyder is dropping "Washington" from the team name, and it will henceforth be simply known as "The Redskins."

"Results of the research discovered that the word 'Washington' imparts a negative image of poor leadership, mismanagement, corruption, cheating, lying, and graft and is not a fitting role-model for young fans of football!"

Which brings us to today’s update on Bill Clinton’s wife.

FBI Director Comey and the administration are trying valiantly to put Bill’s wife email illegalities behind them to allow her to continue her presidential campaign unhampered. However, the backlash not only continues to fester, the door may now be open to additional charges being brought on other matters. 

According to FoxNews.com: “FBI Director James Comey is facing growing Republican calls to launch a perjury probe into whether Hillary Clinton lied under oath about her email use when she testified last year before the House Benghazi committee – even as the Justice Department closes the case on the former secretary of state’s private server. 

“House Overnight and Government Reform Committee Chairman Jason Chaffetz first urged such a probe during Thursday’s hearing with Comey before his committee. He wants the agency to investigate whether Clinton lied when she told lawmakers “there was nothing marked classified on my emails” – a claim Comey repeatedly contradicted this week.” 

In that regard, Rep. Jim Jordan, R-Ohio, “told Fox News a day earlier that Clinton “made statements that [were] directly contradicted by what Mr. Comey’s investigation covered.” 

Jordan also said: “There are a number of things that she said that are just false based on the investigation Mr. Comey conducted relative to her testimony under oath to us last October. 

While Jordan thinks it would be “appropriate” to look into perjury claims, he believes the decision is ultimately up to Chaffetz and Rep. Trey Gowdy, who chairs the Benghazi committee.  

“It was during an exchange with Gowdy that Comey on Thursday countered several statements Clinton had made, both in public and before the Benghazi committee. 

“Notably, he said her statement that nothing she sent or received was marked classified was not true. To the contrary, Comey confirmed the FBI's investigation found at least three emails with classified markings on Clinton's server.” 

Thus, while Comey tried his very best to close the email matter altogether, regardless of how specifically he parsed his words in favor of Bill’s wife, too much contravening evidence still exists. 

And therefore, if Republicans don’t drop the ball themselves, Bill’s wife’s overwhelming history of incompetence, distrustfulness and dishonesty will continue to haunt her and her campaign for extensive time to come. 

Bringing up the ongoing question once again: Joe Biden, Jerry Brown, and Starbucks chairman and CEO, Howard Schultz; are  you guys reading this?   

That’s it for today folks.    

  

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