Posted on 07/14/2015 9:45:31 PM PDT by afraidfortherepublic
Hillary Clinton issued a lengthy statement tonight not only giving props to the Iran nuclear deal but also basically taking credit for it.
“I am still studying the details, but based on the briefings I received and a review of the documents, I support the agreement because it can help us prevent Iran from getting a nuclear weapon. With vigorous enforcement, unyielding verification, and swift consequences for any violations, this agreement can make the United States, Israel, and our Arab partners safer,” Clinton said.
“…Today’s agreement is the culmination of a sustained strategy of pressure and engagement executed over many years. As secretary of State, I logged tens of thousands of miles and twisted a lot of arms to build a global coalition to impose the most crippling sanctions in history. That unprecedented pressure delivered a blow to Iran’s economy and gave us leverage at the negotiating table, starting in Oman in 2012. I know from experience what it took to build a global effort to get this done; I know what it will take to rally our partners to enforce it.”
As president, Clinton said, she would “use every tool in our arsenal to compel rigorous Iranian compliance.”
“We can never permit Iran to evade its obligations or to place any suspicious site off limits to inspectors,” she said. “And the response to any cheating must be immediate and decisive – starting with the return of sanctions but taking no options off the table, including, if necessary, our military options.”
Jake Sullivan, a deputy policy director on Hillary’s 2008 presidential campaign who went on to serve as her deputy chief of staff at the State Department and then director of policy planning, “spent months secretly laying the groundwork” for the current Iran nuclear negotiations and is believed to be Clinton’s pick for national security advisor.
Like President Obama, Clinton acknowledged that Iran still poses a threat to Israel, supports terrorists like Hamas and Hezbollah and is developing missiles that can take out all of its neighbors. Unlike Obama today, she acknowledged “U.S. citizens being held in Iranian prisons” who must be returned.
“Israel has to be confident that the United States will always ensure its Qualitative Military Edge in the region and its capacity to defend itself by itself. As president, I would invite the senior Israeli leadership to Washington for early talks on further strengthening our alliance. We must also deepen our security relationship with our Arab partners threatened by Iran. This includes our continued presence and providing needed capabilities. Iran should have no doubt about our support for the security of our partners,” Clinton said.
“I know that there are people of good faith who oppose this deal - people I respect. They raise concerns that have to be taken seriously. They are right to call for extreme vigilance. I am as familiar with Iranian behavior and the need to confront it as anyone. I support this agreement because I believe it is the most effective path of all the alternatives available to the U.S. and our partners to prevent Iran from acquiring a nuclear weapon.”
Clinton was up on the Hill this morning, with D.C. Del. Eleanor Holmes Norton (D) quickly saying after a caucus meeting that Clinton convinced her to support the deal.
“For example, it was Secretary Clinton who put together the coalition, including China and Russia, which led to the unity that makes this agreement so strong, and in my judgment, difficult to refute or oppose,” Norton said. “During the question period, I asked Secretary Clinton about the anticipated opposition to the nuclear deal and how it should be handled. I told her I thought the deal would be difficult to attack head-on considering its air-tight qualities, such as continuous international monitoring of Iraq’s nuclear program by the International Atomic Energy Agency, daily access to all facilities, including military facilities, among others.”
Clinton’s primary opponent, Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.), said he welcomed her to the caucus meeting “but there are differences of opinion that we have which should be the basis for a serious discussion.”
Please see my post # 59.
I don’t think that would discourage Trump, if he lives that long.
There are a few candidates in this GOP primary race who have shown some capability of standing up to the MSM at times. This Iran agreement looks like "low hanging fruit" for someone inclined to do so.
Me Neither.
-PJ
OK, Hillary.
You own it.
Piss in our time.
The debt, and deficits, don't seem to matter. So, FFS, ride the damn winning horses.
With the Iran deal, HRC has proven herself once again to be absolutely morally bankrupt, which has been the overarching theme of her entire adult life. This ranges from responsibility for numerous deaths (Ambassador Stevens and Vincent Foster, just to name two prominent ones) to financial "improprieties" from Little Rock to the Clinton Foundation, to an active role in Obama's disastrous pro-Islamist foreign policy, and well beyond. This hardly surprising for someone who was taking her cues from Alinsky as a youngster.
Absolutely agree.
So does that mean that foreign policy, particularly the Middle East, should be off the table for a Republican candidate running vs. HRC next year? Don't think so.
Different voters have different priorities, certainly, but that shouldn't preclude the GOP campaign from attacking Her Royal Thighness just about everywhere she is vulnerable, and her vulnerabilities are quite obvious, to the point that her candidacy for POTUS is surreal.
I think she’s POSSESSED
Hillary twisted a lot of arms getting to the liquor bottle...
-PJ
More like while he’s giving a speech, collateral damage would include everyone on the stage with him, and the first few rows.
Plenty of cameras and videos.
A lot more public than an anonymous limo that might or might not be on a security camera or two when hit.
Thanks for the ping!
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