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Senator Hillary Clinton Takes Money from Pro-Regime Iranians
By Jim Kouri, CPP
01/23/06 "MichNews.com"
-- -- Senator Hillary Clinton yesterday
accused President George W. Bush of mishandling the threat from
Iran while she's been accepting money from supporters of the
renegade Iranian regime.
Wealthy businessmen Hassan Nemazee and Faraj Aalaei who are
associated with the American Iranian Council, a pro-regime,
anti-sanctions group, are vocal Clinton supporters and
contributors. According to the Center for Responsive Politics,
Namazee has contributed $4,000 to Clinton's reelection while
Aalaei contributed $1,000.
Insight Magazine, published by the Washington Times, describes
their lobby this way: "the American-Iranian Council [AIC], a
pro-regime lobbying group [are] trying to get Congress and the
Bush administration to lift the trade embargo on Iran."
According to reports in Hillary Clinton's home state, she's also
raising money from Gati Kashani, another figure linked with the
Iranian Mullahs and who also supports the regime.
On its website, the Iranian American Political Action Committee
(PAC) noted, "On Friday, June 3rd [2005], Iranian-American
friends of the Hillary Clinton Senate re-election campaign
hosted a fundraising event in honor of Senator Clinton. The
event took place at the home of Gita and Behzad Kashani in Los
Altos Hills, California."
The PAC favors relaxing or eliminating Visa rule for Iranians
coming to the United States and believes that Clinton would be
helpful in achieving their goals. The Federal Bureau of
Investigation opposes such liberalization of the visa process
for the terrorist state.
But in full pander mode, the Iranian PAC reported that Clinton
attacked United States Visa policy. "Senator Clinton went on to
address the audience on topics specifically relevant to the
Iranian-American community. She discussed immigration and
acknowledged the difficulties Iranian nationals have in
obtaining visas to visit family members residing in America. She
stated, 'Our visa policy is not only unfair but it's not good
for America.'"
During her speech yesterday Senator Clinton attacked the Bush
Administration, charging that the US government has wasted
precious time in dealing with the looming Iranian nuclear
threat.
"I believe that we lost critical time in dealing with Iran
because the White House chose to downplay the threats and to
outsource the negotiations," Clinton said during a speech at
Princeton University, referring to American willingness to allow
European powers to handle talks with Teheran.
"We cannot and should not -- must not -- permit Iran to build or
acquire nuclear weapons," Clinton added. "In order to prevent
that from occurring, we must have more support vigorously and
publicly expressed by China and Russia, and we must move as
quickly as feasible for sanctions in the United Nations."
This is the exact opposite of what she's said regarding the run
up to the Iraq war. Democrat Party bigwigs accused Bush then of
not working with our allies -- France, Germany, Russia -- and
not allowing the United Nations more time to deal with the
Saddam Hussein regime.
According to critics, Senator Clinton's modus operandi is to
tell audiences what she believes they wish to hear. Tell
Americans to get tough on Iran so as to present herself as tough
on national security, then tell Iranians she wants to help them.
At least she did use the "plantation" word which I believe was
calculated to bring about controversy as was her latest
diatribes against Bush. The release of the Barrett Report brings
up questions of her and her husband's own -- excuse the phrase
-- culture of corruption.
She's done this before when she criticized the Bush
Administration's lack of resolve to stop rampant illegal
immigration and to increase border security. However, when a
bill went to the senate that would increase funding for border
patrol agents and additional detention facilities, she and the
senior Senator from New York, Chuck Schumer, voted no.
Then when speaking before a Latino group in California, Hillary
told the audience that she would work to get them healthcare and
education assistance.
John Spencer, the former Yonkers Mayor and Vietnam combat
veteran who will challenge Senator Clinton in November, made the
following statement, "Senator Clinton voted against the very
munitions necessary to avoid a nuclear confrontation with Iran
while at the same time accepting money from supporters of the
Iranian Mullahs. Senator Clinton lacks the credibility to keep
New York safe and she should return this tainted money."
Jim Kouri, CPP is currently fifth vice-president of the National
Association of Chiefs of Police.
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