U.S. Military Leaders Support Iran Deal
August 19, 2015 in News by RBN Staff
Source: Zero Hedge
Submitted by George Washington on 08/19/2015 18:03 -0400
Scores of high-level American military leaders support the Iran deal. For example, the following 35 military officials – from the Army, Navy, Air Force and Marine Corps – signed a letter urging support for the deal:
- General James “Hoss” Cartwright, U.S. Marine Corps
- General Joseph P. Hoar, U.S. Marine Corps
- General Merrill “Tony” McPeak, U.S. Air Force
- General Lloyd W. “Fig” Newton, US. Air Force
- Lieutenant General Robert G. Gard, Jr., U.S. Army
- Lieutenant General Arlen D. Jameson, U.S. Air Force
- Lieutenant General Frank Kearney, U.S. Army
- Lieutenant General Claudia J. Kennedy, U.S. Army
- Lieutenant General Donald L. Kerrick, U.S. Army
- Lieutenant General Charles P. Otstott, U.S. Army
- Lieutenant General Norman R. Seip, U.S. Air Force
- Lieutenant General James M. Thompson, U.S. Army
- Vice Admiral Kevin P. Green, U.S. Navy
- Vice Admiral Lee F. Gunn, US. Navy
- Major General George Buskirk, US Army
- Major General Paul D. Eaton, U.S. Army
- Major General Marcelite J. Harris, U.S. Air Force
- Major General Frederick H. Lawson, U.S. Army Major General William L. Nash, U.S. Army
- Major General Tony Taguba, U.S. Army
- Rear Admiral John Hutson, U.S. Navy
- Rear Admiral Malcolm MacKinnon HI, US. Navy
- Rear Admiral Edward “Sonny” Masco, U.S. Navy
- Rear Admiral Joseph Sestak, U.S. Navy
- Rear Admiral Garland “Gar” P. Wright, US. Navy
- Brigadier General John Adams, US. Air Force
- Brigadier General Stephen A. Cheney, U.S. Marine Corps
- Brigadier General Patricia “Pat” Foote, U.S. Army
- Brigadier General Lawrence E. Gillespie, U.S. Army
- Brigadier General John Johns, U.S. Army
- Brigadier General David McGinnis, U.S. Army
- Brigadier General Stephen Xenakis, U.S. Army
- Rear Admiral James Arden “Jamie” Barnett, Jr., U.S. Navy
- Rear Admiral Jay A. DeLoach, U.S. Navy
- Rear Admiral Harold L. Robinson, U.S. Navy
- Rear Admiral Alan Steinman, U.S. Coast Guard
General Martin Dempsey – Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff – agrees.
So does Admiral Cecil E.D. Haney, U.S. Navy, who is commander of the U.S. Strategic Command.
And Admiral Eric Olson, U.S. Navy, who was Commander of U.S. Special Operations Command.
- Secretary of Defense William Perry
- National Security Advisor Zbigniew Brzezinski
- National Security Advisor General Brent Scowcroft
- National Security Advisor Samuel Berger
- Secretary of State Madeline Albright
- Assistant Secretary of Defense and Chairman National Intelligence Council Joseph Nye
- Director for Iran, National Security Council and Deputy Coordinator for Sanctions Policy at the Department of State Richard Nephew
- National Security Council Member for Iran and the Persian Gulf Gary Sick
- Numerous additional high-level American defense, intelligence and diplomatic officials
Scores of top Israeli generals and intelligence chiefs endorse the deal as well.
So do 340 U.S. rabbis from across the political spectrum. And the majority ofAmerican Jews. And see this.