Before the ink dried on the much-heralded nuclear deal with the Iranians, they were back to their old tricks: Speaking out of both sides of their mouths!
While President Obama and Secretary of State John Kerry were praising the pact as historic and comprehensive, Iran's Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei was making multiple appearances on Iranian television. He loudly and publicly claimed that the deal would not deter Iran one whit from its goals of spreading terror across the world and working toward the annihilation of Israel -- and eventually the United States.
In fact, he was so arrogant in his taunting of Obama and the United States, the Ayatollah took to Twitter. He tweeted the ominous image of a man in a suicidal pose. It was obvious that the man holding the gun to his temple was none other than Barack Obama!
Beside the image, in English, not Farsi for an Iranian audience, were these words: "We welcome no war, nor do we initiate any war, but if any war happens, the one who will emerge the loser will be the aggressive and the criminal U.S."
Hey, nice dealing with you, too, Ali!
On top of that, the Ayatollah declared several times that Iran's policies toward the United States and Israel "will not change." And he often did this in front of banners proclaiming, "We will trample America," while the crowds chanted, "Death to America" and "Death to Israel!"
Just to make sure the world got the point, at various times immediately following the signing of the agreement, Iran's Foreign Minister, the Commander of Iran's Revolutionary Guards, the Deputy Foreign Minister, and the Ayatollah's top adviser on international affairs all weighed in. In various ways they declared that they "would never accept" the "draft," continue to "send arms to our allies in the region," deny IAEA inspectors any access to "Iran's military centers," and "[maintain] Iran's dignity and might, [establish] the nuclear program, [continue uranium] enrichment, and [retain] the heavy-water reactor."
Wow! I'm wondering whether Kerry and the U.S. team were even in the same room with these guys during the negotiations. I don't think they're exactly on the same page.
And to show you how desperate the Left is to sell the deal, The New York Times stooped to publishing complimentary headlines that were then debunked by their own stories!
Then, to show you just how surreal and Chamberlainesque these negotiations became (and how desperate for legacies and Nobels Obama and Kerry are), the U.S. ended up agreeing to protect and defend the very Iranian nuclear program our leaders declare we have now stopped in its tracks.
Sorry, Israel. We accidentally completely changed sides while "negotiating" this historic deal! Ooops!
How messed up are we? A few years ago, the U.S. promised it would never let Iran have a nuclear weapons program. Now, we've decided to let them have their nukes and, to show what great guys we are, we'll protect that program from a strike by Israel!
The Middle East, Israel, and the U.S. have just been sold down the river either by two of the most clueless men we've ever chosen to lead us, or two of the most devious.
Prophetically speaking, I don't suppose it makes much difference which they are. The deed is done and the prophetic scenario just took a major leap forward.
And since things are heating up so dramatically and so quickly, that means our time is growing short to win others to faith in Christ.
This week, I'm going to show you how you can become a more effective witness for Christ. And I'm going to do that by showing you how the Master Himself -- meaning Jesus -- did it.
That means I'm going to share with you the powerful lesson contained in the story we simply call, "The Woman at the Well."
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