Oh, really?
Posted on 03/15/2015 7:56:46 AM PDT by Dave346
Secretary of State John Kerry isn't planning on asking forgiveness any time soon for Senate Republicans' recent letter to Iranian leaders, saying the missive contained not only "false information" but that it was "directly calculated to interfere."
When asked whether he would take responsibility for the letter in the multi-party negotiations with foreign leaders over Iran's nuclear program, Kerry said "not on your life."
"I'm not going to apologize for the unconstitutional, un-thought-out action by somebody who's been in the United States Senate for 60-something days," Kerry told CBS News correspondent Margaret Brennan in an interview Sunday on "Face the Nation," referring to the letter's primary author, Sen. Tom Cotton, R-Ark. "That's just inappropriate."
The country's lead diplomat said the letter was an obvious attempt to meddle in foreign affairs in an unprecedented way.
"The effect and the intent of the author was to basically say, 'Don't do this deal,'" Kerry said. "It's like--you know--giving people a grade on a test before the test is even written, let alone given. It's wrong, it's unprecedented, and I hope it hasn't made it very difficult here."
The former chair of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee decried the "calculated" attempt to "interfere" with negotiations over Iran's nuclear program.
"It specifically inserts itself directly to the leader of another country saying, 'Don't negotiate with these guys because we're going to change this,'" Kerry said.
Kerry also responded to Sen. Bob Corker, R-Tennessee, who, though he didn't sign on with his fellow Republicans, recently wrote his own message to the White House expressing his concern over the interference of the United Nations.
"I talked to him about it the other day and made it clear we are negotiating under the auspices, to some degree, of the United Nations," Kerry said. "So just as Congress has to vote to lift sanctions, so Congress does have the vote, so does the United Nations have to lift some sanctions at some point in time."
It's not the first time the secretary of state has condemned Senate Republicans over the letter meant to interfere with the sensitive talks. He has previously said he was in "utter disbelief" of their "unprecedented" actions, but he hopes that the chance for diplomacy with Tehran has not been hindered.
"Iran has said its program is peaceful. In the time that we've had, the fundamental framework of the decisions necessary to prove your program is peaceful should be possible," Kerry said. "If it's peaceful, let's get it done. And my hope is that in the next days that will be possible.
"If they moved along the road to decide suddenly to break out and rush to try to have enough fissile material to build a bomb, we have a number of options available to us," the secretary of state said, though he did not specify a recourse. "President Obama has said they are all on the table."
Kerry is still on the wrong side of history.
There is no Constitution. There are no laws. There are only powerful people. Kerry is taking his out, and swinging it around, trying to convince everyone that he is the most powerful guy in the room.
Didn’t Kerry had deliver the notorious Dear Commandante Letter to Daniel Ortega?
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His comments were directed to those who won’t bother reading the letter, but count on their betters to let them know what they should think about it. It’s a public service.
The Iranians are laughing themselves silly getting over on this doofus.
Of course, McCain has backtracked. What is it with him?
As a still-active duty officer in the Navy, Kerry should have been court martialed for treason for meeting with North Vietnam officials during the Paris Peace talks.
See-BS at its “-finest”
What is next? A U.N. ban on weapons in the USA?
Oh, really?
“The Iranians are laughing themselves silly getting over on this doofus.”
No! They are laughing themselves silly at our whole nation! It isn’t just the libtards like Kerry of the Democratic Party who are an embarrassment to our nation, but all the self seeking libtards in the do nothing GOP establishment who are an embarrassment to our nation as well! “Well, ah, gee, we are going to warn you with a strongly written letter”.
Great grammar there. We've gone from Thomas Jefferson this is assclown. Therein lies our decline.
“...unconstitutional, un-thought-out action...”
Kerry has a rat turd for a brain.
Sadly, I am happy he’s the one in his position over the other choices 0bama had.
Gee, a CBS News news report without so much as a single quote from anyone who has a differing opinion from Kerry. Imagine that.
Hello Kerry your not going to get a Nobel Peace Prize Thorbjoern Jagland has been FIRED ,LOL
If this were say, Scott Walker, instead of John Kerry do you suppose CBS would’ve mentioned his little sojourn to Nicaragua to sooth Commandante Ortega’s hurt feelings a few years back for context?
“Iran has said its program is peaceful.”
Oh, well. Thats different! As long as they said so! Whew!
Goldhaber: "He supports a volunteer Army, 'if and only if we can create the controls for it. You're going to have to prepare for the possibility of a national emergency, however.' Kerry said that the United Nations should have control over most of our foreign military operations. 'I'm an internationalist. I'd like to see our troops dispersed through the world only at the directive of the United Nations.'"On other issues, Kerry wants 'to almost eliminate CIA activity. The CIA is fighting its own war in Laos and nobody seems to care.'"
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