on the iran deal

[Danzig]

http://www.slate.com/articles/news_a...est_moniz.html

[bigrun]

Originally Posted by Danzig

http://www.slate.com/articles/news_a...est_moniz.html

2. Israel. As evidence that the Iran deal is bad, Republicans point to criticism from Israel. But they seem more interested in the rhetoric of Israeli politicians than in the judgments of Israeli security experts. At the July 23 hearing, Kerry read from an article that quoted supportive statements about the deal from the former leaders of two Israeli intelligence agencies. Republicans batted the quotes away. Sen. John Barrasso of Wyoming scoffed, “That wasn’t even in the newspaper. That was a blog post.” Sen. Lindsey Graham of South Carolina dismissed the statements as irrelevant because they didn’t come from elected officials. Why listen to experts when you can rely instead on quotes from politicians?

typical repuke crap

[OldDog]

The Ayatollah has published a book. He's a swell guy.

http://nypost.com/2015/08/01/iran-pu...estroy-israel/

[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/