Iranian nuke deal could start arms race in Mid-East: Jindal
2 July 2015 4:59 AM IST
“One, they should absolutely reject it (<g data-gr-id="41">nuclear</g> deal). Congress made a huge mistake in the bill they passed giving away some of their oversight authority,” Jindal told Fox News.
“It’s laughable that we’re doing a deal with a regime that’s still chanting ‘death to America’, they’re not freeing our prisoners, they’re not explicitly giving up their plutonium pathway, not giving up many of the other things that should be part of a good deal, much less saying they’re going to cut off support for terrorism. Republicans should tell this administration a bad deal is worse than no deal,” he said.
44-year-old Jindal, who recently announced his decision to run for US presidency in 2016, alleged that President Barack Obama seems determined to tell the Iranians what the US would not do.
“I think Republicans, I think the next Commander in Chief needs to make very clear to the Iranian regime, we will not allow them to become a nuclear power,” he said.
“This President, in search of a legacy, could start a nuclear arms race in the Middle East. The Sunni countries, Egypt, Saudi Arabia, <g data-gr-id="49">Turkey ?</g> they’re not going to stand idly by and allow Iran to become a nuclear power. This President, his worst legacy may indeed be a nuclear arms race in the Middle East if Republicans and if the next commander in chief <g data-gr-id="48">don’t</g> stand up and stop them,” Jindal said.
The US and Iran have no diplomatic ties since the 1979 storming of the American embassy in Tehran and the 444-day hostage crisis that ensued.
Jindal, the Oxford-educated Indian-American, yesterday lashed out at his Republican Party to task for abandoning principles in favour of political expediency.
“As Supreme Court justices noted, the rulings last week made clear that words no longer matter and nor does the Constitution,” the two-term Governor from <g data-gr-id="45">Louisianahe</g> said.
“And to make matters worse, many Republican pundits are joyful about the rulings. They are happy that the court upholding Obamacare relieves the GOP from having to create our own health care <g data-gr-id="47">plan,</g> and happy that the marriage ruling takes that issue off the table. In other words, losing is good [from the establishment’s perspective],” he said in a statement.
Referring to the ongoing financial crisis in Greece, he said it is <g data-gr-id="42">time</g> the US learns its lessons from this crisis.
“This is the American future if we continue going down the road that President Obama has us on, and that Hillary Clinton wants to continue and even accelerate,” he alleged.
“Greece will happen here if we do not change course. Anyone who disagrees with this is a ‘math denier’,” he said.
‘Immigrants should learn English’
Himself son of an immigrant parents from India, two-term Louisiana Governor Bobby Jindal believes that immigrants in the US should learn English and adopt American values.
In a video advertisement, launched by his super PAC, 44-year-old Jindal is first shown stating he is tired of hyphenated Americans, as he referred to labels such as Indian-Americans, African-Americans and Asian-Americans. “I think our immigration system is broken. If folks want to immigrate to America, they should do so legally. They should adopt our values. They should learn English. And they should roll up their sleeves and get to work,” Jindal said.
Jindal’s parents immigrated to the US early 70s. He was born in Baton Rouge in 1971. He is the first Indian-American ever to enter the race of US presidential poll. He is the first Indian-American to have been elected as a Governor of a US State. He is the vice chairman of the powerful Republican Governors Association.
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