Sam Gejdenson: “Iranian profits are used to murder innocent civilians on the streets of Tel Aviv and Jerusalem and those who trade with…”

“Iranian profits are used to murder innocent civilians on the streets of Tel Aviv and Jerusalem and those who trade with Iran, like those who traded with the Nazis, irrespective of their murderous act, aid and abet them. The debate we have here today is what action we can take following support of the chairman and the ranking member of the Committee on International Relations and the President of the United States in trying to isolate Iran and reduce its ability to assist the murder of innocent civilians. Unfortunately, most of our democratic allies in Europe and Japan are not being helpful. They will pay a price as surely as the nations who ignored terrorism in the early 1960's and 1970's soon found that it existed not just isolated in Israel and the Middle East but across the globe. There is a clear and direct link between Iran's ability to profit from its oil sales and assistance to terrorist Hezbollah and other causes. When Secretary of State Christoper was in Syria, it was reported that Iranian planes with arms landed there to aid Hezbollah attacks on the Israelis and the peace process. Today it is Iranian rockets, grenades and bombs. But what happens if Iran, months or years from now, when they have the ability to deliver nuclear or chemical weapons. Today Iran threatens women and children and men on buses. An Iran which uses its profits to develop nuclear and chemical weapons will be an Iran that threatens the globe.”