Wendy Sherman: “where you sit now or stand now, the President of the United States told this Nation right after September 11 that there…”

“where you sit now or stand now, the President of the United States told this Nation right after September 11 that there are those who are with us and those who are with the terrorists. I was not surprised to hear our President indicate that the government of Iran is on the side of the terrorists. Yes, it is true that there is a nominal, though impotent, figurehead reformist posing as President of Iran, but, of course, the real power is exercised by unelected officials who take the most extreme pro-terrorist views. So I was not surprised when our President used the term 'axis of evil' and included the government of Iran, not the people of Iran who have given us one of the world's great civilizations, but the current unelected real power in the government of Iran. I was not surprised today when the United States State Department identified the Iranian government as the number one sponsor of terrorism, but there was something that surprised me. I am surprised that we are about to finance those who finance terrorism. Yes, we do not have to comb the mountains of Afghanistan to find Mohammed Omar, because here in Washington down on K Street are those who are ready to finance those in the government of Iran who are the number one sponsors of terrorism. This entity does not only enjoy the protection of the American government, but surprise further, they are about to receive over 800 million of our tax dollars this year, just as they did in prior years.”