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Military Urges Congress to Reconsider Iran Deal

<p>195 retired generals and admirals have written a letter to Congress&comma; hoping the united front of military leaders from wide-ranging political ideologies can pressure career politicians to reject the Barack Obama&rsquo&semi;s nuclear deal with Iran&period;&nbsp&semi;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Similar letters have already been sent by various groups&comma; including rabbis&comma; nuclear scientists&comma; arms control and nonproliferation experts&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>&ldquo&semi;The agreement will enable Iran to become far more dangerous&comma; render the Mideast still more unstable and introduce new threats to American interests as well as our allies&comma;&rdquo&semi; the letter states&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Retired Air Force Lt&period; Gen&period; Thomas McInerney&comma; who was vice commander of U&period;S&period; Air Forces in Europe&comma; said he considers the agreement the most dangerous nuclear accord in U&period;S&period; history&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>&ldquo&semi;What I don&rsquo&semi;t like about this is&comma; the number one leading radical Islamic group in the world is the Iranians&comma;&rdquo&semi; he said&period; &ldquo&semi;They are purveyors of radical Islam throughout the region and throughout the world&period; And we are going to enable them to get nuclear weapons&period; Why would we do that&quest;&rdquo&semi;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>The main issue with our current political system&comma; as it stands now&comma; is that it is run by politicians&period; Many of the ardent supporters of this deal are following their ideology more than facts&period; If this decision was based on those in the military&comma; those who currently live in the countries around Iran&comma; such a deal would be laughed at&period; For congress to ignore the advice of our&nbsp&semi;military proves just how bad our current situation is&period; &nbsp&semi; &nbsp&semi;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>&nbsp&semi;<&sol;p>&NewLine;

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