The DC rally was smokin' hot

Editor's note: This post and the accompanying photo essay are by Mrs. Wolves, who attended the rally in D.C. on Wednesday in opposition to the Iran nuclear deal.

By Mrs. Wolves
Special Correspondent

You might think that those who organized yesterday's DC rally to stop the Iran deal would've taken pity on the hundreds (press said 2,000) who sat or stood for hours under a merciless sun that pushed temps to 95 with a dewpoint in the intolerable range.

Fifty people had signed up to speak. Even though organizers (Tea Party Patriots and Zionist Organization of America ) slashed times to two minutes for all but the keynotes, they could've done a lot better by thinking quality not quantity. Many--I daresay most--wannabes should've been told: "We appreciate your desire to speak, but, sorry, maybe some other time. This issue is too important for garden-variety grandstanding." Like Palin. What is her deal anymore? Why give her any time? What is the point? And Jim Gilmore, please, spare me.

The event would have gained focus and been less dangerous to people's health had they stuck to a smaller cadre of speakers; namely, Cruz (who was mesmerizing, seemingly unaffected by the heat, and actually had a good plan to stop this thing), Trump (but only because he followed Cruz, thus making an indelible impression as a lightweight pretender and total narcissist), and Beck, of course, who brought passion, authenticity, and perspective in his presentation of the Big Picture. Time to wake up, people. Take a stand. The Christian Holocaust has begun in the Middle East . (To help financially, donate to Mercury One's Nazarene Fund.)
In addition to the keynotes, others worth hearing: Mark Levin, Phil Robertson, Dave Brat (tea party favorite winner!) from Virginia , and, of course, Louie Gohmert. Naturally, keep a general or two and someone from the Zionist group, but that's it.

At 3, the four of us, who had been sweltering since 10:30, staggered away from the Capitol grounds to make the first train home. Despite the heat and dehydration, however, we were glad we went. It was comforting to be surrounded by so many mostly like-minded folks (with the exception of some Trump supporters and all the Code Pink people). Nowhere near having major donor status, I had never stood that close to speakers, and seeing them (well, Cruz and Beck anyway) in person a few yards away added an emotional intensity that would've given me chills under any other circumstances. Also, based on the news today, there seems to be new resolve in Congress, especially the House, to stop this insane deal. As Beck said on the radio this morning, negotiating with Iran is like trying to make friends with a neighbor who constantly tells you that he will kill you. Not the best idea.

He's going to have a legacy from this, all right

Just not the one he's hoping for. Secretary of State John "Reminiscent of Genghis Khan" Kerry and Emperor Barry I "I Don't Give A Fuck if Iran Nukes Israel" Obama have reached a "deal" with Iran that supposedly limits Iran's nuclear program. Of course, the inspections only occur when the Iranians say so, where they say so. They get $100 billion in released assets because of the lifting of sanctions. They now have serious money to go ahead and sponsor terrorism worldwide as they see fit, as well as to bulk up their armed forces. With sanctions gone, they plan to double their oil exports, further increasing their ability to fund terror. And, of course, they are unrelenting in their hatred of the U.S. and their determination to eliminate Israel. The cherry on top is we didn't even manage to secure the release of four Americans held prisoner in Iran for political purposes. That's what I call a deal. We pursued this deal despite the fact that the State Department acknowledges in its annual report that Iran's sponsorship of international terrorism is "undiminished."

But I'm sure we can trust them to be good and abide by the deal. And if Iran decides not to abide by the terms -- they've been cheating on the pre-agreement all along, but I'm sure they have no plans to cheat going forward, right? -- we haven't delayed nuclear weapons in the Middle East at all, Emperor Barry's delusional statements to the contrary notwithstanding suggesting that all ways for Iran to get a nuclear weapon have been "cut off."

As for Barry's contention that this deal will short-circuit a nuclear arms race in the Middle East, I would suggest that Saudi Arabia and every single one of Iran's other enemies in the region -- which is every Arab nation, so, yeah, pretty much every other nation in the region -- is not in the market for a nuclear weapon if they can afford it. And they can afford it. Barry just started a nuclear arms race. Even if the deal delays Iran getting a nuke for 10-15 years, as Barry and company claim, all that means is the Saudis and the other Gulf Arab states know they better have a nuke themselves no later than 10 years from now, and preferably much sooner.

Barry wanted a legacy, all right. He wanted one really bad, and he didn't care how fucking awful the deal was. Well, he got one that is really bad. Iran will politely wait until he is out of office to cheat, or at least to reveal that it is cheating. Barry will get his legacy, though. Kind of like Neville Chamberlain did.

When you've lost the Washington Post . . .

The Washington Post is second only to the New York Times as the official mouthpiece of the Democratic Party and leftists generally. The fact that the Post is saying Emperor Barry I rolled over for Iran speaks volumes:

THE “KEY parameters” for an agreement on Iran’s nuclear program released Thursday fall well short of the goals originally set by the Obama administration. None of Iran’s nuclear facilities — including the Fordow center buried under a mountain — will be closed. Not one of the country’s 19,000 centrifuges will be dismantled. Tehran’s existing stockpile of enriched uranium will be “reduced” but not necessarily shipped out of the country. In effect, Iran’s nuclear infrastructure will remain intact, though some of it will be mothballed for 10 years. When the accord lapses, the Islamic republic will instantly become a threshold nuclear state.
That’s a long way from the standard set by President Obama in 2012 when he declared that “the deal we’ll accept” with Iran “is that they end their nuclear program” and “abide by the U.N. resolutions that have been in place.” Those resolutions call for Iran to suspend the enrichment of uranium. Instead, under the agreement announced Thursday, enrichment will continue with 5,000 centrifuges for a decade, and all restraints on it will end in 15 years.

The administration has repeatedly said that no deal is better than a bad deal. As with every promise Barry ever made, that one came with an expiration date. As it turns out, Barry was willing to do anything, concede anything just to get a deal with Iran.  Now he claims that this horseshit bargain with the mullahs will keep Iran from going nuclear. Yeah, right:

A week of marathon negotiations had produced, finally, an agreement designed to prevent Iran from being able to build a nuclear bomb. Obama’s closest advisers stood off to his side, in the shade of the White House colonnade, relishing the moment. National security adviser Susan Rice fist-bumped another aide. Some staffers hugged.
But Obama, resolute and a little defensive, hadn’t come to celebrate; instead he wanted to make the case for the agreement to the American people and the world.
“When you hear the inevitable critics of the deal sound off, ask them a simple question,” Obama said. “Do you really think that this verifiable deal, if fully implemented, backed by the world’s major powers is a worse option than the risk of another war in the Middle East?”

Just for starters, that wasn't the choice. This deal, and this deal only, or war? No one except Barry has suggested those were the choices. Yet another Obama strawman lights the horizon with its flames. Iran repeatedly threw new objections in the way of a deal, and Barry repeatedly relented. The Iranians have conceded nothing, and this is clearly not a deal "designed to prevent Iran from being able to build a nuclear bomb." This isn't even a speed bump. The Iranians won't even allow spot inspections. They are closing no facilities. They are keeping all of the enriched uranium they already have, and they will continue enriching uranium. Supposedly, they will be using fewer centrifuges to do so, but without rigorous inspections, which the deal does not require and Iran has never allowed, does anyone think Iran will shut down thousands of centrifuges? The lifting of sanctions just gives Iran billions to sponsor terrorism abroad -- something else the deal doesn't require them to relinquish.

Let's face it. If the French think you're being too easy on Iran, you might want to rethink your position:

"The French understand the value of time, and essentially they know that the longer this goes on, within reason, the more reasons the Iranians have to give things up," said Atlantic Council senior fellow Nicholas Dungan.
"The French feel that we can ask for an agreement on specifics which the Iranians might be reluctant to give but which the French believe they probably will give in order to get the deal done."
And France isn't just playing the bad cop role for the sake of stiffening negotiations -- it has its own unique view of power politics in the Middle East.
For one thing, it has been burned by Iran before.
Paris has actually been engaging Tehran on its nuclear program for years longer than the U.S., and therefore has had more time to see its expectations dashed. It was part of negotiations with Iran along with Germany and Britain in 2004 and 2005. And it learned hard lessons when it was revealed in September 2009, during a visit to the United States by then-French President Nicolas Sarkozy, that Iran had built an underground uranium enrichment facility at Fordow -- despite previous denials.

"The French do not necessarily trust the commitment that the Iranians might actually engage in," said Guillaume Xavier-Bender, a Transatlantic Fellow with the German Marshall Fund of the United States.

"They don't trust that every element will be respected because of their history of negotiation with the Iranians -- they have been deceived multiple times."

The French don't believe Iran will live up to its commitments, yet Barry insists upon becoming Iran's prison bitch. The question I don't see being asked is, why is Barry so willing to give the mullahs pretty much everything they want when our allies think we're being idiots? I keep reading about a foreign policy legacy, but is being remembered as the biggest chump since Neville Chamberlain really the kind of legacy you want? Hell, Barry is making Chamberlain look like Churchill at this point.
Hat tip to Hot Air.