Khameini: Israel won't exist in 25 years, and our jihad will keep you terrified in the meantime

Barack Obama and John Kerry want Congress and the American public to support the Iran deal because it supposedly ties up the mullahcracy for 15 years in regards to nuclear weapons. Both Kerry and Obama have insisted that this deal will be in Israel’s best interests, and that it will allow for greater engagement with the world’s most prominent state sponsor of terror. Iran’s Supreme Leader made it clear he’s working on another timetable altogether, and certainly on a much different agenda. Earlier today, Ali Khameini declared that Israel will cease to exist in less than 25 years, and pledged to commit jihad against the Israelis every day between now and then:

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Iran’s supreme leader predicts that Israel will not exist in 25 years, and rules out any new negotiations with the “Satan,” the United States.

In remarks published Wednesday on his personal website and in posts on Twitter, the supreme leader, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, responds to what he says are claims that Israel will be safe for that period after the July nuclear agreement.

“After nuclear negotiations, the Zionist regime said that they will not be worried about Iran in the next 25 years,” Ayatollah Khamenei wrote. “I am telling you, first, you will not be around in 25 years’ time, and God willing, there will be no Zionist regime in 25 years. Second, during this period, the spirit of fighting, heroism and jihad will keep you worried every moment.”

Not exactly a confidence builder for a nuclear agreement, eh? This is the point that Obama and Kerry miss, but that Israel understands all too well. Even if Iran waits out the 15-year period on the nuclear pact, they will be in the clear at the end to produce nuclear weapons, with an economy that could then support such a drive. In the meantime, the hundreds of billions they get in unfrozen assets and economic growth through the end of sanctions will go into their proxy terror armies and attacks on Israel.

Well, how about that promise of more engagement? Khameini squelched that, too:

Iran’s Supreme Leader has said Tehran will not negotiate with the United States on any issue after the landmark nuclear deal with world powers in July, according to his official website on Wednesday.

The comments appeared to contradict more moderate president Hassan Rouhani, who said on Tuesday the Islamic Republic was ready to hold talks with the United States on ways to resolve Syria’s civil war.

“We negotiated with the U.S. on the nuclear issue for specific reasons. (The Americans) behaved well in the talks, but we didn’t and we won’t allow negotiation with the Americans on other issues,” Ayatollah Khamenei was quoted as saying.

“The Americans are not hiding their animosity towards Iran… Americans in the Congress are plotting and passing bills against us… Negotiations are a tool for them to influence Iran and to impose their will,” Ayatollah Khamenei said to hundreds of visitors to his offices.

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Yeah, this deal’s working out really well. The “specific reasons” Khameini cites are the fact that sanctions were strangling the Iranian economy and threatening the mullah’s grip on power. Now that they will have an avalanche of cash flowing into their hands, the IRGC will have all the resources it needs to solidify their power, and the pressure from the general Iranian populace will decrease as the economy stabilizes anyway. And with the West handing the mullahs a credibility-boosting victory, don’t expect another attempt at a Green Revolution for a long time to come.

However, Democrats are determined to keep this deal in place no matter what. Here’s Steny Hoyer giving his endorsement to the deal, even while acknowledging its shortcomings:

“This agreement is not one which I would have negotiated, nor one I think should have been agreed to, given the collective strength of the P5+1 compared to that of Iran. I believe this agreement gives too much to Iran and demands too little in return. It only partially meets the objectives of the international community within a limited time period in return for fully and permanently lifting nuclear-related sanctions. It strengthens a regime that has been adjudged by the United Nations, the United States, and a great number of the nations of the world as a sponsor and perpetrator of terrorism.

“The Ayatollah Khamenei – not some backbench member of its parliament or out-of-government political or religious zealot – stated recently in unequivocal terms that America is Iran’s enemy and that the elimination of Israel is Iran’s intent. Throughout history, the world has witnessed the tragic consequences of the kind of fanaticism Iran’s leaders espouse. Too often, this rhetoric of hatred and murderous intent has been ignored with catastrophic results. It is a lesson the people of Israel know all too well, and they are justified in seeing this new threat through the lens of history. The international community has a moral and strategic obligation to ensure nothing like the Holocaust ever again occurs.

“It is in that context that we consider whether to disapprove the pending agreement. As so many of my colleagues have done, I have analyzed in great detail the specific provisions of the JCPOA and its annexes, and I have concluded that this is not the best deal the P5+1 could have achieved. However, it is the agreement that the United States agreed to and that is now before the Congress. Although it was a difficult choice, I have decided to oppose a resolution of disapproval, albeit with serious concerns.[“]

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In other words, this deal stinks, but #YOLO, or something. The real message from this deal is that the US wants to retreat from the region, and Iran is only too happy to oblige us in that regard — and no other.

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