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Kerry of Tehran
Wall Street Journal ^ | December 26, 2009

Posted on 12/26/2009 4:28:08 AM PST by reaganaut1

John Kerry lost the Secretary of State sweepstakes to Hillary Clinton, but that hasn't lowered his diplomatic ambitions. The Journal reported Thursday that the Senate Foreign Relations Chairman is mulling a trip to Iran, and with the blessing of the Obama Administration.

If the mullahs had any sense, they'd send him a government plane. Beset by almost daily demonstrations by a democratic opposition that has been growing despite beatings and arrests since the stolen June election, Mr. Kerry would arrive from Washington to show the Iranian people that at least someone still favors the regime. He would be the most senior American to visit Tehran in 30 years and his trip would convey legitimacy that the dictatorship is especially eager to have at the current moment.

The Kerry mission would also look like a panicky effort to persuade the Ayatollah Ali Khamanei to accept the increasingly plaintive U.S. offers of engagement. Mr. Obama has set the end of this month as his latest deadline for progress on nuclear talks before he says he'll seek tougher sanctions against Iran at the U.N.

But if a year of personal Presidential letters and Administration entreaties hasn't worked, why would a Senatorial trip? The regime would probably exploit the visit for its own domestic purposes, perhaps adding to its P.R. coup by releasing to Mr. Kerry the three hapless American hikers it has promised to put on trial for having "suspicious aims" as they wandered across the border with Iraq.

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TOPICS: Editorial; Foreign Affairs
KEYWORDS: 111th; bho44; bhostatedept; iran; iraniannukes; irannukes; johnkerry; kerry; kerryvisitsiran
Related thread: Kerry Floats Plan to Visit Tehran.
1 posted on 12/26/2009 4:28:10 AM PST by reaganaut1
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To: reaganaut1

How do you say, “Why the long face” in Farsi ?


2 posted on 12/26/2009 4:32:31 AM PST by Eric in the Ozarks (Impeachment !)
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To: reaganaut1; All
From the election period:

John Kerry- some selected, informative links...Click the picture:


3 posted on 12/26/2009 4:35:01 AM PST by backhoe (All Across America, the Lights are being relit again...)
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To: reaganaut1

He had “diplomatic ambitions” of going a couple yrs ago and chickened out.
He’s an idiot and will only make matters worse.
Maybe he’s hoping for another medal


4 posted on 12/26/2009 4:36:41 AM PST by nuconvert ( Khomeini promised change too // Hail, Chairman O)
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To: reaganaut1

444 days of senatorial leave would be great.


5 posted on 12/26/2009 4:39:55 AM PST by bdfromlv (Leavenworth hard time)
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To: reaganaut1

Wonder what Hillary thinks of this mulling business


6 posted on 12/26/2009 5:19:28 AM PST by uncbob
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To: reaganaut1

Kerry ought to borrow Nacy Pelosi’s scarf for the trip.


7 posted on 12/26/2009 5:21:59 AM PST by VRW Conspirator (I thought I was a genius - I am just a smart-aleck)
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To: reaganaut1

Any chance of getting the mullah’s to keep him? Couldn’t ask for more. WADDAPUTZ!!


8 posted on 12/26/2009 5:29:18 AM PST by GoldenPup
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To: reaganaut1
kerry where are your military papers you pommies years ago? I want to see your dishonorable discharge you traitor!
9 posted on 12/26/2009 5:44:36 AM PST by mountainlion (concerned conservative.)
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To: mountainlion

Hope they use old long face for target practice


10 posted on 12/26/2009 5:46:20 AM PST by manonCANAL
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To: manonCANAL
If they take him hostage they can keep him. I hope they are not too good at water boarding.
11 posted on 12/26/2009 5:50:43 AM PST by mountainlion (concerned conservative.)
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To: reaganaut1

Sending this nitwit Kerry to Iran for “discussions” with the mullahs, reminds me of the scene in Braveheart when Longshanks states his reluctance to send his “delicate” son to meet with William Wallace... this will only serve to encourage them further.


12 posted on 12/26/2009 5:56:23 AM PST by Common Sense 101
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To: reaganaut1; antivenom; Blonde; goodnesswins; La Enchiladita; okimhere; tubebender


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13 posted on 12/26/2009 6:51:00 AM PST by GOP_Lady
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To: reaganaut1
Mr. Kerry would arrive from Washington to show the Iranian people that at least someone still favors the regime...

Beautiful... Somebody on the WSJ's editorial page staff has perfected the "velvet glove/iron fist" style of writing...

14 posted on 12/26/2009 7:22:48 AM PST by The Electrician ("Government is the only enterprise in the world which expands in size when its failures increase.")
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To: reaganaut1
Let's all pitch in and buy him a one-way ticket.

And I can't wait to see the headline in the Iranian newspaper:

"The Great Satan Pays a Visit to Iran."

15 posted on 12/26/2009 7:38:35 AM PST by Rocky (Obama's ego: The "I's" have it.)
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To: reaganaut1
Hillary couldn't control her sphincter let alone the State Department. Not only do we have her bloated corpus flitting from nation to nation, but now have an uninvited,certifiable, moron in loose cannon status. In a more perfect world dolts like catsup gigolo and the tar paper shack builder would disappear.

The DOS needs to be shut down for serious, slimming operations.

16 posted on 12/26/2009 8:53:51 AM PST by IbJensen (A Prayer for Obama (Ps 109.8): "Let his days be few; and let another take his position.")
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To: reaganaut1

Since Barry has offered to meet with Mahmoud Ahmadinejad with “no precondition”, can someone convince the Iranian leadership that they should invite Barry over as long as he brings his passport that he used to travel to Pakistan as a youth, his financial documents for college and grad school, the long-form-vault-copy of his burf records, and his selective service documents - make them all public - then we’ll talk?


17 posted on 12/26/2009 11:19:02 AM PST by SERKIT ("Blazing Saddles" explains it all.....)
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To: VRW Conspirator

And wear his CIA hat.


18 posted on 12/26/2009 8:34:57 PM PST by onedoug
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To: reaganaut1

Go Johnny go. If he could wait until next fall it would be even better.


19 posted on 12/26/2009 10:24:41 PM PST by lodi90
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To: reaganaut1

I think this is a great idea for Kerry to go. Heck, I’ll even throw in some money to pay for the one-way plane ticket.


20 posted on 12/27/2009 2:58:45 AM PST by death2tyrants
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