World Leaders Condemn Acts By Paul, Rubio & 47 'Traitors' Who Sent Letter To Iran

[maddog42]

http://www.dailykos.com/story/2015/0...etition-Soars#

[Tom]

None of their business.

[Clocker]

Wow! Overwhelming opposition from world leaders. Two of them.

One of the two "world leaders" named in the article was Iran's Foreign Minister Zarif. The other said this:

“Suddenly, Iran can say to us: ‘Are your proposals actually trustworthy if 47 senators say that no matter what the government agrees to, we can subsequently take it off the table?’ ” German Foreign Minister Frank-Walter Steinmeier said during a visit to Washington.

Yes, Minister Steinmeier, any agreement can be taken off the table at any time. John Kerry said so himself last week when he stated that any agreement with Iran is not legally binding on the US if it is not ratified by the Senate. Which is to say, if it is not ratified by the people that signed that letter. So they were not interfering in international affairs, they were reminding the participants of their legitimate role in it.

[fast4522]

Originally Posted by Tom

None of their business.

Exactly.

[ArlJim78]

maddog have you considered putting some of this stuff in the humor thread? This kind of dailykos level analysis is hilarious.

[dartman51]

Originally Posted by ArlJim78

maddog have you considered putting some of this stuff in the humor thread? This kind of dailykos level analysis is hilarious.

Can you spell T-R-O-L-L

[maddog42]

A fellow Republican is calling them "traitors".

http://samuel-warde.com/2015/03/lawr...-are-traitors/

[maddog42]

Originally Posted by Clocker

Wow! Overwhelming opposition from world leaders. Two of them.

One of the two "world leaders" named in the article was Iran's Foreign Minister Zarif. The other said this:
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Many more European leaders have condemned this action:

Even before Steinmeier’s visit on Thursday, Germany, Britain and France had repeatedly expressed concern about congressional interference in the talks. Ambassadors from the three Western European countries have been a frequent presence on Capitol Hill, trying to persuade lawmakers to hold off on new Iran sanctions or any other legislation related to the negotiations while they are underway.

Following publication of the letter Sunday night, French Ambassador Gerard Araud, a diplomat of long experience in this country and a prolific user of social media, posted a Twitter link to the letter and his own comment that “for a foreigner, Washington can be full of surprise.”

In London on Tuesday, British Foreign Secretary Philip Hammond told a parliamentary committee that new legislation on Iran “could become a spanner in the works” and “have an unpredictable effect on leadership opinion and public opinion in Tehran.”

http://www.washingtonpost.com/world/...b0f_story.html

[maddog42]

Obama is right. They are traitors at worst and "have embarrassed themselves" at best.

[Clocker]

Originally Posted by maddog42

A fellow Republican is calling them "traitors".

So? Some random professor knows more about foreign policy than 47 Senators? Why should anyone believe that guy knows what he is talking about?

[Tom]

Originally Posted by dartman51

Can you spell T-R-O-L-L

Yes.....M-A-D-D-O-G

[Tom]

You do not negotiate with Iran. Period.
You hurt them and and you tell what you will accept.

But only a fool negotiates with terrorists.
Cue Obama.....the biggest fool of them all.

He and Kerry are ensuring a nuclear terror nation.

[Clocker]

Originally Posted by maddog42

Many more European leaders have condemned this action:

Even before Steinmeier’s visit on Thursday, Germany, Britain and France had repeatedly expressed concern about congressional interference in the talks. Ambassadors from the three Western European countries have been a frequent presence on Capitol Hill, trying to persuade lawmakers to hold off on new Iran sanctions or any other legislation related to the negotiations while they are underway.

Following publication of the letter Sunday night, French Ambassador Gerard Araud, a diplomat of long experience in this country and a prolific user of social media, posted a Twitter link to the letter and his own comment that “for a foreigner, Washington can be full of surprise.”

In London on Tuesday, British Foreign Secretary Philip Hammond told a parliamentary committee that new legislation on Iran “could become a spanner in the works” and “have an unpredictable effect on leadership opinion and public opinion in Tehran.”

http://www.washingtonpost.com/world/...b0f_story.html

So "world leaders" in Europe are qualified to tell us what our foreign policy should be? If it wasn't for the US, people in those countries would have been speaking German by 1950, and Russian by 1980. And if Obama had his way, we would be speaking Arabic by 2025.

Whatever else you might want to call those 47 Senators, you have to call them realists. Iran is going to do what it wants to do. Any agreement on their part would be a smoke screen and a stall. All they want to do is to get the US to lift the economic sanctions and leave them alone to build their bombs. If they have to put a little window dressing on that, they will. But they will keep building bombs.

Obama is living in Wonder Land. He thinks that he can negotiate a win-win agreement with Iran, and that they will live up to their part of the bargain.

[Tom]

Europe had a way of negotiating with Hitler in the 1930's.

Hey doggie, how'd THAT work out for them then?

[Clocker]

Originally Posted by Tom

Europe had a way of negotiating with Hitler in the 1930's.

Hey doggie, how'd THAT work out for them then?

Sehr gut!