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Iran deal insults military

Wed., Dec. 4, 2013

Roughly 22,000 of our nation’s finest citizens, our men and women in uniform, have been killed or wounded in Afghanistan in the service of our country that they love. Countless of these have been the direct or indirect victims of the funding, supplying and training of terrorists, militants and radical jihadists by the government of Iran.

The latest deal between the United States and Iran, brokered by Secretary of State John Kerry and the Obama administration, highlights the utter and abject lack of respect they have for the supreme sacrifices made by our military personnel and their families.

Joe Booth

Spokane

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