Pressure rising in Kerry nuclear talks with Iran

townhall.com ^ | 10/8/2014 | unk

[rktman]

With a late-November deadline approaching, America's top diplomat is plunging back into Iranian nuclear talks with one eye on his adversary and the other on developments at home, as pressure rises in Washington for a deal ensuring the Islamic republic cannot become a nuclear state.

The prospect of a Republican takeover of the Senate means Secretary of State John Kerry will be on a tight leash.

[rktman]

Sheesh. Tight leash? C'mon john f'n kohn-heinz-kerry. All you gotta do is put the fear of allah in them and remind them that you are a VN vet. How simple could it be. Better yet, tell them you're moving in. I'd sure capitulate at that threat. :>}

P.S. Top diplomat. I think the AP misspelled it. Americas to DOORMAT is more likely.

[allendale]

The point is that it is unlikely that key Democratic senators will accept a fig leaf agreement that will in effect leave Iran’s nuclear infrastructure intact, functional and capable of rapidly producing nuclear weapons. Obama is losing the political clout to force their support. It is clear however that whatever the outcome of the “talks”, Obama will never use force to prevent Iran from obtaining that nuclear capability. That of course makes war much more likely since Israel will be forced to act. Obama should realize that once shooting starts, there are many scenarios in which the US willingly or unwillingly will be involved. Case in point are the big blue water capital ships of the US Navy on station in the narrow, shallow well fortified Persian Gulf. Chinese made shore to ship missiles with a flight time of less than forty seconds look down on that fleet.

[rktman]

And those missiles come at you real fast. Pray for our troops if that ever starts up.

[Eric in the Ozarks]

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