What does the U.S. gain from this? Democrats always punish our friends and reward our enemies.
But his angle was that the announcement would break in favor of Obama because the Iranians would agree to some kind of major limitation on their nuclear program in exchange for recognization of the program.
What's interesting here is that the Iranians seem to be trumpeting the recognition part but not saying anything about the limitation part. Maybe that will come out later.
By downplaying the limitations, and given the timing, the Iranians seem to want to hurt Obama, not help him. At first blush that seems odd — you'd think they'd prefer a pushover Democrat over a toughminded Republican in the White House — except that they did the same thing to Carter. They withheld the release of the hostages in order to insure Carter's defeat. This despite the fact that Carter was a fan of Khomeini and had helped undermine the Shah. Maybe the Iranians can't help but indulge in the short term satisfaction of unseating an American president even at the expense of longer term advantages.
And even then you have to ask, what advantages did they ever lose under Republican presidents? Were they worse off under Reagan than they would have been under Carter? Maybe they see Republicans as toothless tigers. In fact, maybe they accept Obama's talking point about his ability to rally international support for his actions against Iran (sanctions) as compared to an “isolated” Republican’s. Maybe they see this as all upside.
‘Course this is all sort of speculative without seeing more sourcing for this development.
If this is true, Obama should officially be toast. All his antics that were supposedly intended to keep Iran from going nuclear were just stalling. Obama is a foreign enemy combatant occupying our White House, and his intention is to see the Islamists overrun the entire world - destroying the US and Israel and instituting worldwide sharia - just as he told the Egyptian ambassador privately in January of 2010.
Obama is a cyst on the hemorrhoids of mankind.
evidently they need mittens for prez so that they can have a reason to nuke Israel ???
Let’s see that “secret proposal,” Pres. Obama. We thought you were waiting until after the election to sell us out to Russia, Iran, the Muslim countries etc. etc.
Baraq Hussein Ubama recognizes the Islamists’ right to bear arms against Da Jooz.
Reason: Iran has been demonized since the Carter days and rightfully so. That is not something to easily overcome no matter what the demographic. It will not sway the independents, although it may encourage Bambi's peacenik Code Pink brain-washed ignorant student commie hippy types. However, as often reported, the glow (enthusiasm) is no longer there for their Savior!
And Obama will have more flexibility AFTER the election...
A nation with a religion that accepts and/or promotes suicide for their God must NOT be allowed nuclear weapons. It’s as simple as that!
I think that in some circles it’s called “flexibility”.
Valerie Jarrett was born in Iran to American parents.