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White House: Netanyahu Offers 'No Concrete Action Plan' on Iran
newsmax.com ^ | 3/3/15 | Thomson/reuters

Posted on 03/03/2015 10:50:54 AM PST by ColdOne

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu failed to offer an alternative in his speech to the U.S. Congress on the ongoing nuclear talks with Iran, a senior U.S. administration official said on Tuesday.

"Simply demanding that Iran completely capitulate is not a plan, nor would any country support us in that position. The prime minister offered no concrete action plan," the official said, speaking on background.

Netanyahu warned Congress against accepting a deal with Iran that President Barack Obama and his administration are deeply invested in negotiating, arguing that the deal would leave Iran with a "breakout time" of a year, which he said was too short.

The senior U.S. official said that the administration was pursuing a deal that "verifiably prevents" Iran from obtaining a weapon, and increases the breakout time "substantially" to a year from the current estimate of two to three months.

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To: ColdOne
"Simply demanding that Iran completely capitulate is not a plan, nor would any country support us in that position. The prime minister offered no concrete action plan," the official said, speaking on background.

And yet this person expects the US to completely capitulate!

41 posted on 03/03/2015 11:13:17 AM PST by piasa (Attitude adjustments offered here free of charge)
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To: uncitizen

One jackass called it “theater.”


42 posted on 03/03/2015 11:13:55 AM PST by piasa (Attitude adjustments offered here free of charge)
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To: ColdOne

The WH said that? Uh, I believe that’s called “projection”.

Maybe the WH “thinks” no one would notice that they just described themselves to a T.


43 posted on 03/03/2015 11:15:05 AM PST by Let's Roll (Before it can get any better it has to stop getting worse - vote 4 most conservative available)
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To: ColdOne
"Simply demanding that Iran completely capitulate is not a plan, nor would any country support us in that position.

Good thing he was not president in 1945.

"Simply demanding that Japan completely capitulate is not a plan..."

44 posted on 03/03/2015 11:17:45 AM PST by WayneS (Barack Obama makes Neville Chamberlin look like George Patton.)
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To: ColdOne

I knew that this bunch would reject what Netanyahu said. They have chosen to support the country that has declared death to America and death to Israel.


45 posted on 03/03/2015 11:17:53 AM PST by I want the USA back (Media: completely irresponsible. Complicit in the destruction of this country.)
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To: ColdOne
DEMOCOM
46 posted on 03/03/2015 11:18:39 AM PST by baddog 219
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To: winodog

AFTER Netanyahu is safely on a plane back to Israel, please.


47 posted on 03/03/2015 11:20:49 AM PST by WayneS (Barack Obama makes Neville Chamberlin look like George Patton.)
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To: ColdOne

How about burying their centrifuges with a few bunker busters?


48 posted on 03/03/2015 11:28:47 AM PST by ballplayer
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To: ColdOne

Laughable. this response was written before the speech was given.


49 posted on 03/03/2015 11:31:21 AM PST by Calpublican (It's the first time in my life I've been ashamed of my country)
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To: ex-snook

ex-snook - If the USA can put up with nuclear Russia, China, N Korea and who knows how many more, then why is a nuclear Iran so big a deal?

Another uninformed, thumb up arse posting


50 posted on 03/03/2015 11:35:30 AM PST by Java4Jay (The evils of government are directly proportional to the tolerance of the people.)
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To: ColdOne
“Ladies and gentlemen, I've come here today to tell you we don't have to bet the security of the world on the hope that Iran will change for the better. We don't have to gamble with our future and with our children's future. We can insist that restrictions on Iran's nuclear program not be lifted for as long as Iran continues its aggression in the region and in the world.

Before lifting those restrictions, the world should demand that Iran do three things. First, stop its aggression against its neighbors in the Middle East. Second... Second, stop supporting terrorism around the world. And third, stop threatening to annihilate my country, Israel, the one and only Jewish state. Thank you.

If the world powers are not prepared to insist that Iran change its behavior before a deal is signed, at the very least they should insist that Iran change its behavior before a deal expires. If Iran changes its behavior, the restrictions would be lifted. If Iran doesn't change its behavior, the restrictions should not be lifted. If Iran wants to be treated like a normal country, let it act like a normal country.

Now, if Iran threatens to walk away from the table -- and this often happens in a Persian bazaar -- call their bluff. They'll be back, because they need the deal a lot more than you do.

And by maintaining the pressure on Iran and on those who do business with Iran, you have the power to make them need it even more. My friends, for over a year, we've been told that no deal is better than a bad deal. Well, this is a bad deal. It's a very bad deal. We're better off without it.

This is why -- this is why, as a prime minister of Israel, I can promise you one more thing: Even if Israel has to stand alone, Israel will stand.”

Sounds pretty “concrete” to me…..

51 posted on 03/03/2015 11:35:43 AM PST by cincinnati65
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To: ColdOne

Sort of hard to get the message of, “just say no”, when the WH refused to listen to it.


52 posted on 03/03/2015 11:47:43 AM PST by bgill (CDC site, "we still do not know exactly how people are infected with Ebola")
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To: dainbramaged

Why does anyone think that the Iraqi military, along with some Iranian “friends”, didn’t tell the U.S. about their plans to attack Tikrit and take it back from ISIS? I’m sure they were afraid that it might “leak” to ISIS. This action alone by the Iraqi military says volumes.


53 posted on 03/03/2015 11:53:21 AM PST by kagnew
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To: Java4Jay

ex-snook - If the USA can put up with nuclear Russia, China, N Korea and who knows how many more, then why is a nuclear Iran so big a deal?

Java4Jay Another uninformed, thumb up arse posting


Can’t answer the question?


54 posted on 03/03/2015 11:53:21 AM PST by ex-snook (God forgives because God is Love)
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To: Tennessee Nana

Sheesh!


55 posted on 03/03/2015 11:59:40 AM PST by stephenjohnbanker (My Batting Average( 1,000) (GOPe is that easy to read))
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56 posted on 03/03/2015 12:00:40 PM PST by musicman (Until I see the REAL Long Form Vault BC, he's just "PRES__ENT" Obama = Without "ID")
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To: ex-snook

I’m not going to waste me time with you


57 posted on 03/03/2015 12:41:04 PM PST by Java4Jay (The evils of government are directly proportional to the tolerance of the people.)
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To: ColdOne

I always thought it was because those people were COMPLETELY totally insane in so many areas.


58 posted on 03/03/2015 2:07:00 PM PST by oldtech
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To: skeeter

Obummer’s alternative concrete plan of action is not go to war, which, I am sure, has the Mullahs rolling on the floor.


59 posted on 03/03/2015 2:55:05 PM PST by depressed in 06 (America conceived in liberty, dies in slavery.)
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