On July 14, 2015, Barack Obama, with then-Vice President Joe Biden standing behind him, smiling like a Cheshire cat, naïvely claimed to the American people, “… the United States … has achieved something that decades of animosity has not, a comprehensive long term deal with Iran that will prevent (them) from obtaining a nuclear weapon.”

Here we are more than eight years later and the facts refute those words. Iran is fast becoming a nuclear weapons state. It was able to continue enriching uranium and build new generation centrifuges with few constraints. The International Atomic Energy Agency was banned from inspecting military facilities where Iran was likely assembling its nuclear warheads.

The latest annual report on terrorism states that “Iran continues to be the leading state sponsor of terrorism, facilitating a wide range of terrorist … around the world.”

Biden’s decision not to enforce President Trump’s sanctions saw Iran’s export of oil to China go from 300,000 barrels/day in 2020 to 1.6 billion/day in 2023, giving Iran $35 billion a year in extra revenue. This in addition to the $6 billion ransom paid by Biden on the anniversary of 9/11 and another $10 billion just this past summer.

These two presidents have done more to undermine the security of this nation than any foreign adversary could ever do. Just watch what’s happening at the borders.

Ed Liberatore

Turtle Creek

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