Actors Jack Black and Morgan Freeman join other big shots, including Queen Noor of Jordan, in a comedic video released Tuesday that plumps for the nuclear deal between world powers and Iran. The celebrities urge Americans to contact their representatives in Washington to encourage them to support the international agreement, which Congress has until September to review. Congressional disapproval of the deal would likely scuttle it. Morgan Freeman cautions that in that case, the U.S. could be forced into war with Iran — “another dangerous, drawn out and expensive conflict in the Middle East with many lives lost.” The video — produced by Global Zero, a group the advocates the elimination of nuclear weapons — starts with a star-dusted warning that if Congress “sabotages the nuclear deal with Iran,” Americans could be “totally fried by a major nuclear bomb dead.” Jack Black frets that he won’t be able to play frisbee with his sons, because “the frisbee will be melted.” Queen Noor interrupts the hand-wringing, saying, “We’re not actually worried about Iran dropping a nuclear weapon on the United States.” But she and retired U.S. Ambassador Thomas Pickering agree that without a deal, there would be nothing stopping Iran from getting the bomb and a nuclear arms race in the Middle East would be likely. The celebrities go on to describe the deal as “strong” and the best way to ensure Iran doesn’t get a bomb and to avoid war. “Do me a favor, OK, don’t let some hot-headed member of Congress screw that up,” says actress Natasha Lyonne, who stars on the hit TV show “Orange is the New Black.” “Because playing politics with our national security is actually not all that funny,” adds Black. Freeman’s brings the message home, intoning: “Call Congress. Tell them: Support diplomacy. It’s the only sane solution.” Iranian American actor Farshad Farahat and former CIA agent Valerie Plame also make appearances in the video. Opponents of the Iran deal, most notably Israel and Republican members of Congress, want greater restrictions on Iran. They predict the deal reached on July 14 will allow Iran to get a bomb — either by cheating or racing ahead when key provisions expire — and will empower its destabilizing activity in the Middle East. Among the members of Global Zero are former Israeli officials, including former Mossad chief Ephraim Halevy, former minister Shlomo Ben Ami and former director-general of the Israel Atomic Energy Commission Brig. Gen. (ret.) Uzi Eilam, according to the group’s website. Powered By WizardRSS.com | Full Text RSS Feed