The Iranian Block Gambit

It appears finally, that the Obama administration won't be overriding the unanimous vote in the Senate and the apparent unanimous vote to come in the House as it relates to having Iran's designated Ambassador to the UN, Hamid Aboutalebi, be admitted into the United States any time soon.

It was reported in the late Tuesday online edition of the New York Times that Iran's "diplomat" was not viable because of his active role in the 1979 Iran Hostage Crisis, when "students" overtook our embassy, took our representatives hostage and abused them contrary to all diplomatic procedure and protocol.

As the host country to the United Nations, based on a treaty we signed in 1947, we are supposed to accept whoever a member country sends as its Ambassador. This appointment however went far beyond what our Leaders like Senator Ted Cruz found acceptable. He and several others put extraordinary pressure on our State Department and the Administration, to the point of having legislation drawn up to prevent this terrorist into our country. There was no way the President could disobey a unanimous vote.

Seal of the United States Department of State. (Photo credit: Wikipedia)

Iran, of course, is not happy. Well, that's too bad. Should we really care what Iran thinks? And if another country, say Russia or China, decides to create a problem because of our actions, they are more than welcome to become the host country and incur the majority of the cost to support this inept and corrupt entity.

Iran has not yet complied with the nuclear agreement that Russia, the United States and several European countries demanded from Iran in order to lift the sanctions. Iran really doesn't care because other countries are skirting the agreement too. And John Kerry removed its teeth before he even left the conference when the agreement was drawn up.

Many of the former hostages are still working in various capacities for the State Department and other agencies, and were very vocal when the announcement was made by Iran. At first, it seemed the State Department was going to stand by that treaty from 1947. Fortunately, smarter heads prevailed.

Let us hope that the Obama Administration stands by this decision to prevent this terrorist or any other participant of that diplomatic embarrassment we suffered through those many years ago from ever setting foot into this country. Let's hope there is no loophole or back door that could allow this from happening.

It is up to all of us to remain vigilant and keep that pressure on the administration, if for nothing else but to never forget the 444 days it took for 52 Americans to be freed from the shackles of the Islamist "Republic" of Iran.