The Nuclear Iran Situation

[ArcadiaGP]

Obama agrees to submit Iran deal to Congress | WashingtonExaminer.com

 

[BugI02]

Ahhh, hmm, what? Can we take this to a vote?

A perfect storm brews in the Middle East

Here's why Congress & Netanyahu have been cut out of Iran negotiations

"Have no fear for atomic energy,
'Cause none of them can stop the time.
How long shall they kill our prophets,
While we stand aside and look? Ooh!
Some say it's just a part of it:
We've got to fulfil de book." - Mr Bob Marley in Redemption Song

 

[mrjarrell]

US threatens to quit nuclear talks with Iran. The Iranians want their nuke program and the western nations don't want them to have it. Now Kerry, and the others, are threatening to walk if Iran doesn't get it's **** together. Have to see how this shakes out. Glad to see they're not just bending over to them and Russia.

US threatens to quit nuke talks; Iran blames West for divide

 

[T.Lex]

It is not really that simple.

If the US walks out, we effectively abdicate enforcement of a deal and Iran gets their nukes on their terms. From Iran's perspective, a US walkout is a win.

Edit:
Sorry, that opening line was too terse. I didn't mean it the way it sounded.

 

[BugI02]

The thing that really gravels my a** is that if negotiations fail and action needs to be taken all the people who will benefit most from it will be there to hold our coat for us (except Israel)

 

[ArcadiaGP]

?US & Israeli flags burned': As potential deal nears, Netanyahu reminds of Iran?s threat | Twitchy

 

[ArcadiaGP]

Congrats, Iran gets nukes.

Netanyahu slams Iran deal; Pres. Obama to speak at 7 a.m. | Twitchy

 

[Birds Away]

President Obama's deal guarantees Iran will have a nuclear weapon in no more than 13 years. This also guarantees a major war in the Middle East within that time frame. Israel's hand is now forced into action. This is a very sad day for our world.

 

[KittySlayer]

Congrats, Iran gets nukes.

Now they'll be able to generate electricity for peaceful purposes when they run out of dinosaur blood. There should be some pretty glass sculptures when they all get done melting that desert sand.

 

[funeralweb]

Congrats, Iran gets nukes.

Netanyahu slams Iran deal; Pres. Obama to speak at 7 a.m. | Twitchy

...and SoS Kerry will get a Nobel Prize. Almost spit coffee this morning when POTUS commended his service to his country "since putting on a uniform and going off to war over 40 years ago....". Yeah, the young Naval officer was so humble about his wartime service that he gave back his medals.....

 

[Kutnupe14]

I'm waiting to see the specifics of the deal. But I'm cautiously optimistic. The deal generally seems alright.

 

[ArcadiaGP]

All of Iran's goals in Iran Deal have been met, Iranian President Rouhani says

Hassan Rouhani declared that his nation's "prayers have come true." Funny that America is supposed to think this was something different?

Reuters: Conventional arms embargo sunsets in 5 years; ballistic missiles in 8. How one justifies that I have no idea.

Knew I should have invested in Vault-Tec stock when it was cheap.

Even the ARMS embargo goes away. Hormuz will be bristling with carrier-sinking Russian/Chinese cruise missiles in 5, 4, 3...


1. New market for billions in arms exports
2. New arms choke off West's energy supply
3. Europe must remove missile defense

Russia wins too.


Edit: This is just wonderful.

 

[Birds Away]

I'm waiting to see the specifics of the deal. But I'm cautiously optimistic. The deal generally seems alright.

Yes, to the Iranians.

 

[ArcadiaGP]

Kumbaya, *****es.

https://twitter.com/HassanRouhani/status/620927242210803712

To our neighbours: Do not be deceived by the propaganda of the warmongering Zionist regime. Iran & its power will translate into your power

Death to America, deal with America: Iran's Khamenei

Surrender by West...

This deal makes perfect sense if you think an attack on Iran’s facilities is worse than Iran having nuclear weapons

 

[pudly]

Unfortunately, this will also lead to a nuclear arms race in the region. No reason for Saudi Arabia and others to not go for such weapons now that a belligerent neighbor is.

 

[Birds Away]

It guarantees an Israeli strike. They have no other option if they want to continue to exist.

 

[T.Lex]

I'm waiting to see the specifics of the deal. But I'm cautiously optimistic. The deal generally seems alright.

Popcorn while waiting for elaboration.

For Iran, this is a Path to Superpowerdom. For the US, there is a fine line between courageous and suicidal - especially in foreign policy.

Frankly, this makes the next POTUS election even more important. Yet, foreign policy never gets the attention it deserves in domestic elections.

 

[ArcadiaGP]

The deal is so bad, they're already setting it up to blame Bush

https://twitter.com/ezraklein/status/620942656231874560

Also your Democratic Presidential nominee's statement on the Iran Deal? *walk away*

https://twitter.com/danmericaCNN/status/620939087999012864/video/1

 

[T.Lex]

BBC breakdown of the deal.
Will Iran nuclear deal make the Middle East a less safe place? - BBC News

But in large parts of the Middle East, where the prospect of a stronger Iran is viewed with dread, there was never any real sense of suspense.
Israel, Saudi Arabia and the other states who feel threatened by the terms of the new deal have been resigned for months to the idea that the US-led world powers were determined to have an agreement and were prepared to offer major concessions to get one.
...

Sceptics around the Middle East fear that the US-led negotiators in Vienna were no match for the negotiating skills of the Iranians.
The result, they say, is an Iran which has engineered a kind of rehabilitation into the international community without being asked to compromise on its self-image as a revisionist power in the Middle East, an exporter of revolution.


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Iran's enemies remain of the view that the Iranians are hell-bent on acquiring nuclear weapons at some point and have merely agreed to a delay in return for a variety of short-term concessions.
There is a danger now that Saudi Arabia will feel that a nuclear-capable Shia state must be matched by a nuclear capability in the hands of the Sunni states too.

 

[ArcadiaGP]

The positive reviews just keep rolling in

Flash - Syria's Assad praises Iran deal as 'great victory' - France 24