Posted on 03/15/2015 4:53:00 PM PDT by Nachum
While addressing the press during a visit to Egypt, Secretary of State John Kerry spoke about the ongoing negotiations with Iran over that country's nuclear programs. As he and President Obama have several times in the past, Kerry cited a report that Iran's "Supreme Leader" issued a "fatwa" against the development of nuclear weapons by Iran, a fatwa that remains unpublished according to a recent article by U.S. News. Nevertheless, Kerry said that the United States has "great respect – great respect – for the religious importance of a fatwa." Here are his remarks in context:
Now I want to be very clear. Nothing in our deliberations is decided until everything is decided. And the purpose of these negotiations is not just to get any deal; it is to get the right deal. President Obama means it when he says, again and again, that Iran will not be permitted to get a nuclear weapon. As you all know, Iran says it doesn’t want a nuclear weapon, and that is a very welcome statement that the Supreme Leader has, in fact, incorporated into a fatwa. And we have great respect – great respect – for the religious importance of a fatwa. And what we are effectively trying to do is translate that into legal language, into everyday language within the framework of a negotiated agreement that everybody can understand, which requires everybody to have certain obligations and ultimately be able to guarantee that Iran’s program, its nuclear program, will be peaceful now and peaceful forever.
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I think we a done stick a fork in us I think when time comes I am going to go down to the Newport Beach Pier and Emulate myself
The word “Kerry” has already incorporated into the Farsi language to mean “pompous gullible fool”.
Double-secret probation fatwa!
You’re going to imitate yourself?That’s just weird.
“There’s no fool like an old fool.”
he is nothing but a liar
NOBODY could POSSIBLY be so naive as to assign ANY weight at all to an ‘unpublished fatwa’ from a man or a country that’s been threatening to destroy America for decades
this is just more of the Obama/Kerry/Pelosi/Reid pacification program against Americans -—”feed them Big Lies and BS”
His history tells the story. Nothings changed...
You're going to commit Sudoku?
fatwas be damned, Kerry is a fool
What a tard.
“...Kerry said that the United States has “great respect – great respect – for the religious importance of a fatwa.” ...”
Kerry-Heinz never learned to keep his mouth shut. Most people think he is naive and stupid but once he opens his mouth he confirms it for them.
But no repect for Christanity, the nation of Israel, or the Jewish people
The Botox has entered Kerry’s brain.
Well, Lurch, get out your prayer rug and put your ass in the air.
Emulate
Sudoku
You guys are a riot - really!
Perhaps not sudoku, but rather Hah ree Ker - ry - - -
“If you like your fatwa, you can keep your fatwa.”~John SKerry
Just stay at home and shadow box.;-)
I am still on my first cup o joe, but I think the word you meant to use was immolate.
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