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State Dep’t Sees Lots of ‘Big Words and Big Thoughts’ in Iran Warnings From Kissinger, Schultz
Cybercast News Service ^ | April 9, 2015 - 1:08 AM | Patrick Goodenough

Posted on 04/09/2015 11:47:39 AM PDT by Olog-hai

State Department spokeswoman Marie Harf sounded a dismissive tone Wednesday about warnings from two former secretaries of state about the nuclear agreement negotiated with Iran, saying she saw lots of “big words and big thoughts” in their evaluation but not “a lot of alternatives.”

Harf was asked during her daily press briefing about a Wall Street Journal column by Henry Kissinger and George Schultz, which a reporter pointed out “raised a lot of questions about the deal.”

“I think their piece was a little more nuanced than that,” Harf said, then also disputed another reporter’s suggestion that the assessment by the former secretaries of state was “pretty damning.” …

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TOPICS: Foreign Affairs; News/Current Events; War on Terror
KEYWORDS: bigthoughts; bigwords; georgeschultz; georgeshultz; iran; kissinger; marieharf; rop; worldwar3

1 posted on 04/09/2015 11:47:39 AM PDT by Olog-hai
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To: Olog-hai
not “a lot of alternatives.”

There are lots of alternatives to their blunt choice of destruction for Israel.

2 posted on 04/09/2015 11:54:12 AM PDT by C210N (When people fear government there is tyranny; when government fears people there is liberty)
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To: Olog-hai

Agreement that gives Iran the bomb.

No agreement that gives Iran the bomb.

Yes, there actually is a good alternative to this agreement.

There’s an even better one too. Bomb Irans nuclear sites until they beg for mercy.


3 posted on 04/09/2015 11:56:33 AM PDT by DoughtyOne (The question, Jeb Bush? The answer: NO! Rove, is a devious propagandist & enemy of Conservatives!)
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To: FRiends

Every time I read Marie's latest proclamation,
I have to clean my keyboard.



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4 posted on 04/09/2015 12:05:54 PM PDT by deoetdoctrinae (Become a monthly donor and END FREEPATHONS!)
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To: Olog-hai

Poor Maria! So much blond hair and so little under it.


5 posted on 04/09/2015 12:10:33 PM PDT by Don Corleone ("Oil the gun..eat the cannoli. Take it to the Mattress.")
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To: C210N

There really is no point in asking Marie Harf anything. All she does is repeat Obama talking points and deny anything and everything.


6 posted on 04/09/2015 12:25:32 PM PDT by Avid Coug
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To: Olog-hai

Upon hearing the “big words” and “big thoughts”, did Harf want to retreat to a Safe Space?


7 posted on 04/09/2015 12:59:44 PM PDT by Fred Hayek (The Democratic Party is now the operational arm of the CPUSA)
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To: Olog-hai
saying she saw lots of “big words and big thoughts” in their evaluation but not “a lot of alternatives.”

"Math is hard..."

- Barbie

9 posted on 04/09/2015 1:36:50 PM PDT by Zeppo ("Happy Pony is on - and I'm NOT missing Happy Pony")
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