Israel, Iran and obama

isobars · Joined: 12 Dec 1999 Posts: 20935

BTW ... did BSNBC inform both its viewers that Khamenei stated that all sanctions must cease immediately and there will absolutely be no inspections of any of Iran's facilities? You can look it up.

mac · Posted: Tue Apr 14, 2015 9:39 pm Post subject:

So did any of the righties notice that Russia has lifted its ban on selling arms to Iran? Eager to stick a fork in the US. Let me take you through it by the numbers.

1. It took diplomacy to convince China and Russia to join the sanctions party. Something Bush and modern Republican know-nothing Senators know nothing about.

2. It was united sanctions that put enough pressure on Iran to make concessions.

3. Holding out for a better deal means that Iran will have a much improved air defense system--and no reason to stop using the centrifuges they already have.

Wasn't it mrgybe that thought that it was a good idea to put unexperienced politicians in Congress? Is buffoon another descriptive name for the Tea Baggers that were elected?

mrgybe · Joined: 01 Jul 2008 Posts: 5180

mac · Posted: Wed Apr 15, 2015 9:50 am Post subject:

Reading comprehension is missing in action in Northern Alabama:

nw30 · Posted: Wed Apr 15, 2015 11:09 am Post subject:

This is just another feather being taken out of Hillary's hat.
Gotta love how that Russian "reset button" of hers worked out, what a joke she is.

feuser · Joined: 29 Oct 2002 Posts: 1508

nw30 · Posted: Sun Apr 19, 2015 12:11 pm Post subject:

I see no deal, at least it better be no deal. BHO should consider hanging his weak legacy on something else, this ain't working.
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Iran's powerful Guard rejects inspection of military sites

Associated Press
By ALI AKBAR DAREINI
44 minutes ago

TEHRAN, Iran (AP) — International nuclear inspectors will be barred from all Iranian military sites under any deal with world powers, a senior commander in the Revolutionary Guard said Sunday, setting up a possible standoff as negotiators try to reach a final deal.

Gen. Hossein Salami, the Guard's deputy leader, told Iranian state television that allowing foreign inspection of military sites is tantamount to "selling out," raising the stakes as talks between Iran and the six-nation group are to resume April 22 in Vienna.

"We will respond with hot lead (bullets) to those who speak of it," Salami said. "Iran will not become a paradise for spies. We will not roll out the red carpet for the enemy."

Salami said allowing foreign inspectors to visit a military base would amount to "occupation," and expose "military and defense secrets."

"It means humiliating a nation," Salami added. "They will not even be permitted to inspect the most normal military site in their dreams."

But such inspections have happened before. In 2005, Iran allowed inspectors from the United Nations nuclear watchdog to visit its Parchin military site as a confidence-building measure, but denied further visits, fearing espionage.

A fact sheet on the framework accord issued by the U.S. State Department said Iran would be required to grant the U.N. nuclear agency access to any "suspicious sites." Iran has questioned that and other language in the fact sheet. Iran has so far declined to release its own fact sheet about the framework deal, but has said it would welcome snap inspections of civilian sites.

Western nations long have suspected Iran of secretly pursuing nuclear weapons. Tehran says its nuclear program is entirely for peaceful purposes.

Meanwhile Sunday, Iran's Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei described such Western claims about its nuclear program a "myth."

"Americans, Europeans and some apple polishers fabricated the myth of nuclear weapons to say that the Islamic Republic was a threat. No. The threat is America itself," he told military commanders Sunday.

Khamenei's remarks are seen as an effort by Iran to toughen its position ahead of the next round of talks.

http://news.yahoo.com/iran-guard-rejects-inspection-military-sites-063048778.html

swchandler · Joined: 08 Nov 1993 Posts: 10588

Perhaps a little bit of patience is needed. Negotiations will continue through the end of June. Of course, that doesn't work well for those wishing for failure in the process. There are definitely war hungry partisans that would love to see US bombs land in Iran, and anything short of that would be unacceptable. That's what Israel needs us to do, right?

mac · Posted: Mon Apr 20, 2015 11:46 am Post subject:

This is one of the more thoughtful and insightful articles about the Middle East I've ever read:

http://www.thenation.com/article/201145/revisiting-myths-about-middle-east-case-disengagement#

This gives you a sense: