AND MUTUAL GAIN WITH ALL. BUT I WILL NEVER FAIL TO DEFEND
AMERICA’S INTERESTS.
AMERICA’S INTERESTS. ONE OF THE GREATEST SECURITY
THREATS FACING PEACE-LOVING
NATIONS TODAY IS THE REPRESSIVE
REGIME IN IRAN.
THE REGIME’S RECORD OF DEATH AND
DESTRUCTION IS WELL KNOWN TO US
ALL.
ALL. NOT ONLY IS IRAN THE WORLD’S
NUMBER ONE STATE SPONSOR OF
TERRORISM, BUT IRAN’S LEADERS
ARE FUELING THE TRAGIC WARS IN
BOTH SYRIA AND YEMEN.
AT THE SAME TIME, THE REGIME IS
SQUANDERING THE NATION’S WEALTH
AND FUTURE IN A FANATICAL QUEST
FOR NUCLEAR WEAPONS AND THE
MEANS TO DELIVER THEM.
WE MUST NEVER ALLOW THIS TO
HAPPEN.
HAPPEN. TO STOP IRAN’S PATH TO NUCLEAR
WEAPONS AND MISSILES, I WITHDREW
THE UNITED STATES FROM THE
TERRIBLE IRAN NUCLEAR DEAL,
WHICH HAS VERY LITTLE TIME
REMAINING, DID NOT ALLOW
INSPECTION OF IMPORTANT SITES
AND DID NOT COVER BALLISTIC
MISSILES.
MISSILES. FOLLOWING OUR WITHDRAWAL, WE
HAVE IMPLEMENTED SEVERE ECONOMIC
SANCTIONS ON THE COUNTRY, HOPING
TO FREE ITSELF FROM SANCTIONS,
THE REGIME HAS ESCALATED ITS
VIOLENT AND UNPROVOKED
AGGRESSION.
AGGRESSION. IN RESPONSE TO IRAN’S RECENT
ATTACK ON SAUDI ARABIAN OIL
FACILITIES, WE JUST IMPOSED THE
HIGHEST LEVEL OF SANCTIONS ON
IRAN’S CENTRAL BANK AND
SOVEREIGN OIL FUND.
ALL NATIONS HAVE A DUTY TO ACT.
NO RESPONSIBLE GOVERNMENT SHOULD
SUBSIDIZE IRAN’S BLOOD LUST.
AS LONG AS IRAN’S MENACING
BEHAVIOR CONTINUES, SANCTIONS
WILL NOT BE LIFTED.
THEY WILL BE TIGHTENED.
IRAN’S LEADERS WILL HAVE TURNED
A PROUD NATION INTO JUST ANOTHER
CAUTIONARY TALE OF WHAT HAPPENS
WHEN A RULING CLASS ABANDONS ITS
PEOPLE AND EMBARKS ON A CRUSADE
FOR PERSONAL POWER AND RICHES.
FOR 40 YEARS, THE WORLD HAS
LISTENED TO IRAN’S RULERS AS
THEY LASH OUT AT EVERYONE ELSE
FOR THE PROBLEMS THEY ALONE HAVE
CREATED.
CREATED. THEY CONDUCT RITUAL CHANTS OF
"DEATH TO AMERICA" AND TRAFFIC
IN MANTRAS, ANTI-SEMITISM.
LAST YEAR THE COUNTRY’S SUPREME
LEADER SAID ISRAEL WAS A
CANCEROUS TUMOR THAT HAS TO BE
REMOVED AND ERADICATEDERADICATED
IT IS POSSIBLE AND IT WILL
HAPPEN.
HAPPEN. AMERICA WILL NEVER TOLERATE SUCH
ANTI-SEMITIC HATE.
ANTI-SEMITIC HATE. FANATICS HAVE LONG USED HATRED
OF ISRAEL TO DISTRACT FROM THEIR
OWN FAILURES.
OWN FAILURES. THANKFULLY THERE IS A GROWING
RECOGNITION IN THE WIDER MIDDLE
EAST THAT THE COUNTRIES OF THE
REGION SHARE COMMON INTERESTS IN
BATTLING EXTREMISM AND
UNLEASHING ECONOMIC OPPORTUNITY.
THAT IS WHY IT IS SO IMPORTANT
TO HAVE FULL NORMALIZED
RELATIONS BETWEEN ISRAEL AND ITS
NEIGHBORS.
NEIGHBORS. ONLY A RELATIONSHIP BUILT ON
COMMON INTERESTS, MUTUAL RESPECT
AND RELIGIOUS TOLERANCE CAN
FORGE A BETTER FUTURE.
IRAN’S CITIZENS DESERVE A
GOVERNMENT THAT CARES ABOUT
REDUCING POVERTY, ENDING
CORRUPTION AND INCREASING JOBS,
NOT STEALING THEIR MONEY TO FUND
AND MASSACRE ABROAD AND AT HOME.
AFTER FOUR DECADES OF FAILURE,
IT IS TIME FOR IRAN’S LEADERS TO
STEP FORWARD AND TO STOP
THREATENING OTHER COUNTRIES AND
FOCUS ON BUILDING UP THEIR OWN
COUNTRY.
COUNTRY. IT IS TIME FOR IRAN’S LEADERS TO
FINALLY PUT THE IRANIAN PEOPLE
FIRST.
FIRST. AMERICA IS READY TO EMBRACE