Posted on 03/11/2015 2:19:33 PM PDT by afraidfortherepublic
Secretary of State John Kerry spent five minutes of a Senate hearing excoriating a group of 47 Republicans who sent a highly unusual letter to the government of Iran warning that Congress could modify the terms of any nuclear deal it negotiates with the White House.
'This letter raises questions of judgment and policy,' he insisted, before Tennessee Republican Sen. Bob Corker cut him off and scolded him for delivering 'a well-written speech.'
'It's not a speech! This is not a speech!' Kerry erupted. 'This is a statement about the impact of this irresponsible letter. The letter does not have legal authority, and I think you have to ask what people are trying to accomplish.'
Kerry later staked out a position that lawmakers have no standing to change any nuclear agreement between the U.S. and Iran because it won't be 'legally binding' in the first place.
'We've been clear from the beginning: We're not negotiating a, quote, "legally binding" plan,' Kerry told the Senate Foreign Relations Committee.
'We're negotiating a plan that will have in it the capacity for enforcement. We don't even have diplomatic relations with Iran right now.'
He blamed Arkansas Republican Sen. Tom Cotton and 46 other GOP senators for signing a letter on Monday that 'ignores more than two centuries of precedent in the conduct of American foreign policy.'
(Excerpt) Read more at dailymail.co.uk ...
Video at source.
Lurch meltdown,LOL
ANd right then and there they should have found him to be in “Inherent Contempt” of CONGRESS and JAILED him on the spot.:
http://www.nytimes.com/2007/12/04/opinion/04tue4.html?_r=0
Liberals have such thin skins. What’s funny is that Kerry is the ultimate doofus; only leftist true believers take him seriously. Most people of all political stripes think he’s a joke.
Soooo.....explain to me exactly why we are spending time and money negoiating a plan which is not legally binding?
These bastards really don’t want to share any power with anyone, especially with Republicans.
Democrats violate laws, ethics, protocols, morals, and matters of good taste, ALL THE TIME. Republicans write a letter that merely point out that the Iranians are not dealing with a dictator, and that any deal that is struck is subject to Senate ratification, and the ‘rats have a cow.
What was it a low grown?
He got angry!
Did his face move?
Brilliant!
From the link:
“Kerry also claimed that the US has ‘the capacity’ to ‘knock out ISIL,’ but ‘we’re not going to get suckered into that’ ..”
Right Kerry. Let’s not get suckered into winning a war and defeating a bunch of fanstical,islamic savages who, by the way behead and crucify with impunity.
God Kerry is an idiot.
They should have asked Kerry if he believed conspiring with a foreign government for the defeat of America was a treasonous offense, punishable by death.
I would have loved to hear the answer, just for the entertainment value.
Aw, our poodle of state had a hissy fit? to bad, he should have been jailed back in the Vietnam era.
It sure is fun to see the gop piss in their wheaties, we have to endure it all the time. We get to see it about once a decade
You can always tell when a conservative draws blood!
Neither nor is any agreement you make with the Iranians, and it's called advice Moron.
But...
'We're negotiating a plan that will have in it the capacity for enforcement
How's that work? ...Only in Rainbow & Unicorn Land.
Kerry is so amazingly above his pay level it’s incredible. He belongs on late night TV infomercials selling fancy flavored French catsup
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