on the iran deal

[OldDog]

Another swell Iranian, Mr. Soleimani, goes to Moscow. Shopping trip?

"Iranian Quds Force commander Qassem Soleimani recently visited Moscow to meet with senior Russian leaders, according to two Western intelligence sources, despite a travel ban and U.N. Security Council resolutions barring him from leaving Iran.

Soleimani was first designated a terrorist and sanctioned by the U.S. in 2005 for his role as a supporter of terrorism. In October 2011, the U.S. Treasury Department tied Soleimani to the failed Iranian plot to assassinate the Saudi ambassador to the United States at a popular restaurant in Washington, D.C. The Quds Force is the special forces external wing of the Iranian Revolutionary Guard, responsible for supporting terrorist proxies across the Middle East.

U.N. sanctions have not yet been lifted against Iran, and Soleimani, as head of the Iranian Quds Force is sanctioned as part of Security Council Resolution 1747. He is prohibited to travel, and any country that lets him transit or travel is defying the sanctions. Russia is a permanent member of the Security Council and would have been aware of this restriction when meeting with him."

[jms62]

Originally Posted by OldDog

Another swell Iranian, Mr. Soleimani, goes to Moscow. Shopping trip?

http://america.aljazeera.com/article...-own-east.html

[Danzig]

Originally Posted by jms62

http://america.aljazeera.com/article...-own-east.html

i know the iran deal is getting some heat....but so many yelling that it's bad are the same ones who say we need to work with other countries. that's what this deal with iran is. the sanctions worked, brought iran to the table...but some of the other countries involved wanted a deal, wanted sanctions to end. we got the best multi-nation deal we could. and then there are candidates fro prez trying to crawfish..huckster said a few years back we needed diplomacy with iran. of course now he says the deal is bad-but that's because anything obama does is bad according to his political foes.

[OldDog]

"I have looked into my own soul and my devotion to principle may once again lead me to an unpopular course, but if Iran is to acquire a nuclear bomb, it will not have my name on it."

http://freebeacon.com/national-secur...nst-iran-deal/

[Danzig]

i doubt they ever muster enough votes to override a veto. no doubt a few will vote no, knowing ultimately it doesn't mean squat-except for reelection purposes of course.

[jms62]

Originally Posted by OldDog

"I have looked into my own soul and my devotion to principle may once again lead me to an unpopular course, but if Iran is to acquire a nuclear bomb, it will not have my name on it."

http://freebeacon.com/national-secur...nst-iran-deal/

Pretty funny "Devotion to Principal" comes out of his mouth.

http://www.nytimes.com/2015/04/02/ny...rges.html?_r=0

[Danzig]

Originally Posted by jms62

Pretty funny "Devotion to Principal" comes out of his mouth.

http://www.nytimes.com/2015/04/02/ny...rges.html?_r=0

Oh. Wow. Glad he found his principles...
not necessarily good ones.

[Rupert Pupkin]

Is this some kind of a joke? Who needs independent inspectors? We can trust Iran to police themselves. : "Iran, in an unusual arrangement, will be allowed to use its own experts to inspect a site it allegedly used to develop nuclear arms under a secret agreement with the U.N. agency that normally carries out such work, according to a document seen by The Associated Press."

http://hosted.ap.org/dynamic/stories...08-19-13-06-05