State Department confirms Obama's Iran deal optional

WND ^ | Bob Unruh

[RoosterRedux]

The Obama administration's State Department has confirmed that the Iran nuclear deal negotiated by Secretary of State John Kerry on instructions from President Obama is a "political" commitment only.

And commentators quickly pointed out that means a future president "could repudiate it any time, without violating either domestic or international law."

And they note, so, too, could Iran.

The confirmation of the legal status of the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action, the deal with Iran and the U.S., the U.K., France, Germany, Russia, China and the European Union, comes from Julie Frifield, an assistant secretary for legislative affairs in the State Department.

Her letter was responding to questions from Rep. Mike Pompeo, R-Kansas, and said the deal "reflects political commitments" between Iran and the other countries.

It "is not a treaty or an executive agreement, and is not a signed document," she explained. "The success of the JCPOA will depend not on whether it is legally binding or signed, but rather on the extensive verification measures we have put in place."

The deal largely has been rejected by the American people. WND reported when it came under fire from 200 or so retired U.S. generals and admirals.

And a recent poll showed nearly half of the American people hate Obama's moves in the situation.

Pew Research Center for U.S. Politics & Policy found, in a recent poll, only 21 percent actually approve of it.

[RoosterRedux]

Did Iran get the money yet?

[DoughtyOne]

Eeeeexxxxxactly!

Bet that $150 billion won’t be optional.

[butlerweave]

Obama/Kerry , WANT OUT !!!!

[BenLurkin]

Yup.

And that was the entire reason for this Obama/Kerry charade — funding America’s enemy.

[Menehune56]

Bet that $150 billion won’t be optional.

That's what the deal was all about, a payoff to the Chamber of Corporatists.

[Don Corleone]

Bet that $150 billion won’t be optional.

Color it "GONE"

[stephenjohnbanker]

How will Obama become the #1 financier of terrorism in the world if he fails to pay the 150 billion ?

[Jim W N]

Get this right. The Iran deal is patently UNCONSTITUTIONAL and is, therefore, a wholly unenforceable and voidable agreement.

"Treason against the United States consists of...adhering to their enemies, giving them Aid and Comfort" (Art III, Sec 3, U.S. Constitution).

The Iran deal should also trigger impeachment action against Obama for such treason.

[ETL]

It's the Obama-Putin Iran deal...

Trump: Iran Deal Requires U.S. Protecting Iran in Event of Israeli Strike

by Jacob Kornbluh
Sept 2, 2015

In a phone interview with CNN Tuesday evening, Trump claimed that there's "something in the Iran deal" that "people don't understand" saying if someone attacks Iran, "we have to come to their defense."

"Does that include Israel?" Trump asked. "And most people say yes, they don't have an exclusion for Israel. So if Israel attacks Iran, according to that deal, I believe, the way it reads, unless they have a codicil or they have something to it, that we have to fight with Iran against Israel." ..."

Trump was most probably referring to language highlighted by the opponents of the deal. On page 142, the deal includes a clause that states, "Co-operation through training and workshops to strengthen Iran's ability to protect against, and respond to nuclear security threats, including sabotage, as well as to enable effective and sustainable nuclear security and physical protection systems."

Washington-based Center for Security Policy asserted that Annex III appears "to commit the United States and other world powers to the defense of Iran's nuclear program."

http://jpupdates.com/2015/09/02/trump-iran-deal-requires-u-s-protecting-iran-in-event-of-israeli-strike/
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Aug 2015...

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Russian build-up in Syria part of secret deal with Iran's Quds Force leader

September 11, 2015
Jennifer Griffin, Lucas Tomlinson
FoxNews.com

As the Pentagon warily eyes a Russian military build-up in Syria, Western intelligence sources tell Fox News that the escalated Russian presence began just days after a secret Moscow meeting in late July between Iran's Quds Force commander - their chief exporter of terror - and Russian President Vladimir Putin.

Fox News has learned Quds head Qassem Soleimani and Putin discussed such a joint military plan for Syria at that meeting, an encounter first reported by Fox News in early August. ..."

The Quds Force is the international arm of Iran's Revolutionary Guard, involved in exporting terrorism to Iran's proxies throughout the Middle East including Lebanon, Syria, Iraq and Yemen. ..."

Officials who have monitored the build-up say they've seen more than 1,000 Russian combatants - some of them from the same plainclothes Special Forces units who were sent to Crimea and Ukraine. Some of these Russian troops are logistical specialists and needed for security at the expanding Russian bases.

http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2015/09/11/russian-build-up-in-syria-part-secret-deal-with-irans-quds-force-leader/
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Pro-Hezbollah Paper: Russia, Iran, Syria, Hezbollah Form Alliance

Sept 23, 2015

A prominent pro-Hezbollah newspaper in Lebanon reported Tuesday that Russia and the terrorist organization have formed an alliance and will fight together in Syria. "The parties to the alliance are the states of Russia, Iran, Syria, and Iraq, with Lebanon's Hezbollah as the fifth party,"

Al-Akhbar Editor in Chief Ibrahim al-Amin wrote. The pact would be called the "4+1 alliance", a pun based on the P5+1 that negotiated the nuclear deal with Iran. Hezbollah is a proxy of Iran based in Lebanon and Moscow has been working with Tehran to save Bashar al-Assad's regime, even sending men and weapons to Syria.

http://www.thedailybeast.com/cheats/2015/09/22/report-russia-partners-with-hezbollah.html
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From Real Clear Politics, Sept 10, 2015...

"In a 2014 New Yorker interview, Obama said his goal was to create a 'new equilibrium' in the Middle East.

In the short run, at least, his signature diplomatic undertaking can be counted on to bring more violence to this volatile region.

The Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action, as the [Obama-Putin Iran deal] agreement is formally known, provides the world's leading state sponsor of terrorism an infusion of somewhere in the neighborhood of $100 billion of unfrozen assets and a great deal more of continuing revenues as businesses and governments around the world rush to profit from oil-and-gas-rich Iran's reintegration into the world economy.

The agreement relaxes the international isolation of the Islamic Republic and ratifies Tehran's status as a nuclear threshold state. And it relieves restrictions on Iran's acquisition of weapons, including ballistic missiles. ..."

http://www.realclearpolitics.com/articles/2015/09/10/iran_deal_throws_sparks_on_mideast_tinderbox_128034.html

[headstamp 2]

The deal was nothing but political cover for the international corporatists to get back in business with Iran.

[C210N]

Would be good to look at fine print for this deal the regime made with Iran. Curious if nuking Tel Aviv voids the deal... or not.

[DoughtyOne]

Could be, but I’m leaning toward it being him falling in behind the terrorists. He’s already told us whose side he’d be on. This money will undoubtedly be funneled at least in part to terrorism against the U. S. through proxies.

[Billthedrill]

Bet that $150 billion won't be optional.

Well, surely if the deal falls apart Iran will do the honorable thing and return the money.

Ba-da-bing! Thanks, you're a wonderful audience. I'll be here all week. Try the veal.

[DoughtyOne]

Vapor trail...

[DoughtyOne]

That’s just what he thought. Groan...

[stephenjohnbanker]

Sad times.

[DoughtyOne]

I hear ya.

Brought my own “Can O Spam”...

[DoughtyOne]

sure is

[Jim from C-Town]

I was thinking the same thing.

[DoughtyOne]

It was the low hanging fruit response after all...

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