JEWISH INSTITUTE FOR NATIONAL SECURITY AFFAIRS GIVES AWARD TO MCCAIN

JINSA Bestows Distinguished Service Award Upon Senator John McCain (JINSA)
JINSA’s 24th annual Henry M. “Scoop” Jackson Distinguished Service Award was conferred upon Senator John McCain on December 5, 2006. Mr. Mike Ryan, Executive Vice President for Government Business of Rolls-Royce North America Inc., the evening’s major corporate sponsor, presented the award to the senator.

Through the Jackson Award, JINSA recognizes and thanks those leaders whose careers have been distinguished by the principle that is the foundation of JINSA’s work; the belief that the United States requires a strong military capability for both its own security and for that of trustworthy friends and allies. ...

Moving to policy, Sen. McCain declared that “Tehran’s continued pursuit of nuclear weapons clearly poses an unacceptable risk. Protected by a nuclear deterrent, Iran would feel unconstrained to sponsor terrorist attacks against any perceived enemy.” The Senator also had strong words for Palestinian leaders who say they desire peace but wage a terror war against Israel and for American leaders who would push Israel to engage with such terrorists. “No American leader should be expected to sell a false peace to our democratic ally, consider Israel’s right to self-defense less legitimate than ours, or insist that Israel negotiate a political settlement while terrorism remains its adversaries’ favored bargaining tool.”

Sen. McCain also discussed the situation in Lebanon and along Israel’s northern border. “Israel’s chance for peace with its northern neighbor resides in a Lebanon whose government has a monopoly on authority within its country. That means no independent militias, no Hezbollah fighters, no weapons and equipment flowing to Hezbollah. It means bolstering the security of Lebanon’s borders and ensuring that Hezbollah is not deployed in the south.” Summing it up, the senator declared, “There is one bottom line: to achieve peace, sooner or later, Hezbollah must be disarmed.”