Posted on 08/31/2015 3:22:45 PM PDT by SeekAndFind
The White House had better mark Democratic Rep. Alcee Hastings as a firm “no” on the Iran deal. In a lengthy speech to Nova University in Davie, Florida at an AIPAC event, the liberal Democrat blasted Barack Obama and John Kerry for cutting a bad deal and Iran as entirely untrustworthy. Javier Manjarres reports on the speech, and of Hasting’s sharp rejoinders to the Obama administration — and demands that Obama immediately provide Israel with bunker-buster bombs.
I wonder what he thinks Israel would do with those, huh?
“If I was at table, what would I have led with. What I would have led with is, ‘ you need to give me good faith gesture now, and that is, release the three hostages,” adding that “when the Iran deal commenced, the world found out that Iran had the capability of building 1 to 10 nuclear weapons in a 2 to 3 month span. What in the hell is going to make us they aren’t going to cheat again?” …
But Hastings ripping of the nuclear deal didn’t stop there, as the long-time congressman questioned the economic motives of the so-called P 5 allies, saying that he “feels very strongly that some of are allies are a bit untrustworthy.”
In defense of Israel, Hasting believes that the U.S. should help bolster Israel’s defenses by sending them “David’s Sling,” which is a derivative of the Iron Dome,” as well as proposes that the U.S. send Israel “bunker buster bombs now.”
Hint, hint.
Javier doesn’t highlight this portion, but Hastings also slammed the White House for its depiction of the international community on the deal. Obama and Kerry repeatedly state that Russia and China want this deal and will implement it with or without the US, but Hastings challenges his audience to recall ever hearing that from the Russians or Chinese. Hastings recalls hearing similar arguments about the Framework agreement with North Korea, too. How did that turn out? “Nine months later,” Hastings said, “they had a bomb.” The same thing happened in Pakistan, Hastings says.
He’s not the only Florida Democrat pushing back on the deal. Debbie Wasserman Schultz killed a motion at the DNC summer meeting to praise Obama and the deal, the Washington Post’s Dan Balz and Philip Rucker reported on Saturday:
Democratic National Committee Chair Debbie Wasserman Schultz prevented consideration of a resolution at the party’s summer meeting here that praised President Obama and offered backing for the nuclear agreement with Iran, according to knowledgeable Democrats. …
Some Democrats on the national committee who were unhappy that the resolution did not come up for consideration said that, as DNC chair, Wasserman Schultz owed her allegiance in this instance to the president, regardless of her own local political considerations.
Public consideration of the resolution at the DNC meeting, however, could have prompted a contentious public debate within the party just as the president is looking to consolidate Democrats behind the agreement, a factor that was noted in a Buzz Feed story about the way events unfolded here.
Hastings doesn’t seem to put party loyalty above national security and opposition to Iranian hegemony. It’s interesting to see other Democrats do so, however, and whether Wasserman Schultz ends up doing the same.
He knows hell get vaporized like the rest of us, and ain’t buying it.
RE: He knows hell get vaporized like the rest of us, and ain’t buying it.
Is he one of the few Democrats who wants to survive? What about the rest?
WTF? I agree with alcee hastings on something? Need more meds. :>}
Very encouraging.
I don’t understand why any Democrat would do this just to help Obama. He has done nothing to help them. Just made their lives worse. Maybe they are finally waking up and actually looking at what this deal does.
The world is upside down.
Democrats have lost more legislators and governors since Obama than any other time in modern politics..
I’m feeling very conflicted,
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Did Alcee “find Jesus?”
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Overcoat sales in hell just spiked.
Did that chump suddenly grow a brain? You are right. We are in virgin territory, when we agree with that dipstick.
Alcee Hastings is only saying this because of the Jewish constituents in his district.
Otherwise, he’d be singing the praises of Hussein like he does the other 99.9% of the time.
The latest darling of the Right? A former judge who was impeached for bribery and perjury? Well he fits right in with the thrice divorced, four times married overweight drug addict spokesman of the right and his understudy, the Mormon alcoholic drug addict.
Yeah, let’s all get our talking/thinking points from those clowns!
It doesn’t surprise me, Hastings knows where his bread is buttered being from South Florida with its’ significant Jewish population.
Ahh I did not know that about his Jewish constituency.. The world makes some sense again...
Alcie is too stupid to realize his favorite president is a commie and wants to destroy us and Israel. Unbelievable.
We have entered into a alternative universe...
Hastings agrees with conservatives...
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