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April 24, 2009
You ask yourself whose side he's on.
I don't have to ask. I've always known.
US wants Iran hostage suit tossed out
The Obama administration has asked a federal judge to throw out a lawsuit against Iran filed by Americans held hostage at the U.S. Embassy in Tehran 30 years ago.
The request comes in a $6.6 billion class-action lawsuit filed in U.S. District Court in Washington. Fifty-two American diplomats and military officials were held captive for more than a year at the end of Jimmy Carter's presidency by a group of Islamist students who supported the Iranian revolution.
The hostages were released on Jan. 20, 1981, just minutes after Ronald Reagan was sworn in as the new president.
In court papers filed Tuesday night without any announcement, the Justice Department argued that the agreement to release the hostages, known as the Algiers Accords, precluded lawsuits against Iran.
The hostages argue that Iran supported their confinement and abuse, with visits from government officials, stays in government prisons and buildings and threats of trial in Iranian courts. The lawsuit says current Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad was one of their interrogators.
The lawsuit says the hostages were tortured, beaten sometimes until they lost consciousness and kept in fear of their lives, at times even lined up in front of marksmen locking their guns. It says they were imprisoned without adequate food, clothing or medical care, blindfolded with their hands tied, interrogated for hours at a time and kept in isolation for months at a time.
There is no rational reason for the President of the United States to get involved in this lawsuit, and to take such an action against American citizens to protect Ahmadinijad. It's a damn outrage, and even more than an outrage, make no mistake, it is a betrayal of American citizens by the President of the United States of America.
The media is obviously covering 0bama's tracks instead of covering this story. CNN had a quickie on it, glossed over with no details, and there was this AP blurb in the Las Vegas Sun, but if it was carried by any major news outlet, I couldn't find it and while I was looking, I found that Newsbusters was looking too and they couldn't find the story covered anywhere either. There are no questions being asked, no "journalists" doing any journalism on this.
If the media has its way, the average American will never know of this betrayal of its citizens by the same man who, less than a hundred days ago, took a vow to protect them and this country.
It didn't take long for 0bama to show us what his priorities are, did it?
So, the only real question is, whose side are you on? And once you've answered that, what are you gonna do?
Well, it's interesting to note that the latest Rasmussen poll reflects that despite the mainstream media's best efforts to put a happy face on the nightmare of this administration, "For the first time since Barack Obama was elected president last November, more than half of U.S. voters (53%) say it is at least somewhat likely that the next occupant of the White House will be a Republican. Thirty-one percent (31%) say it is Very Likely." Buyer's remorse from this election is a fact of life here in the good old USA.
So, being active in the mid-term elections is the most important thing you can do for this country, and it's something you can do right now. The seats in your state are what you should be concentrating on right now, it's time to get rid of the bastards that can't be bothered with reading a bill, or standing up for their principles or who have been sitting in their seats so long they've forgotten that we put them there to do our will.
Never mind who will be the next president, that comes later. Mid-terms are first, and if we're going to stop 0bama from destroying this country, the mid-term election is how we're gonna do it.
Posted by LindaSoG at April 24, 2009 06:24 PM
Comments
Unbelievable!
Well, not surprising given teh won's inclinations, we are so screwed!
Posted by: Melissa In Texas at April 25, 2009 12:36 AM
Bow to the Saudis. Short-stroke the Iranians.
I'm "this close" to emigrating to Israel...
Posted by: Kevin M at April 25, 2009 07:55 AM
This was a filing by a low level lawyer at the DoJ.
Prediction:
District Court to rule in favor of Iran.
Appeals Court will overturn.
Justice Kennedy to decide the matter.
Posted by: Marvin at April 25, 2009 10:10 AM
I knew he was a communist and a sympathizer with terrorists. That's the only reason I held my nose and voted for McShame.
Next year, I'm voting for grid-lock. It is the only way we can get less government right now. I may vote a straight "R" ticket. Of course, my senators and rep are R's right now. At least we're delivered from Specter. Good riddance!
Shalom.
Posted by: 1911Man at April 29, 2009 10:45 AM