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US Reportedly Backed Down On Initial Goals In Iran Talks [France Says Kerry Team Caved In!]
FoxNews ^ | April 03, 2015

Posted on 04/03/2015 10:34:32 AM PDT by Steelfish

US Reportedly Backed Down On Initial Goals In Iran Talks April 03, 2015

U.S. negotiators reportedly lowered the bar for their own goals during talks over Iran's nuclear program in response to resistance from the Tehran team. And, on the heels of a framework deal being announced in Switzerland, France's top diplomat on Friday admitted his country had initially held out for firmer terms.

The emerging reports indicate the U.S. team, led by Secretary of State John Kerry, gradually backed down over the course of the talks as Iran's delegation dug in. The Wall Street Journal, citing current and former U.S. representatives at the discussions, claimed the White House had initially hoped to persuade Iran to dismantle much of the country's nuclear infrastructure when talks started in late 2013, only to be told categorically that Iran would not do so.

The Journal reported that one Iranian diplomat called the nuclear program "our moon shot," comparing it to the U.S. space program in the 1960s as a symbol of national pride and advancement. From that point, the Journal reports, the U.S. accepted that any possible deal would likely enable Iran to continue to enrich some uranium to produce nuclear fuel and turned their focus to extending Iran's so-called "breakout time" or the minimum period that Iran would need to build a nuclear weapon.

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TOPICS: Foreign Affairs; Israel; News/Current Events; War on Terror
KEYWORDS: europeanunion; france; iran; israel; nato; waronterror
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1 posted on 04/03/2015 10:34:32 AM PDT by Steelfish
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To: Steelfish

Of course.

Exactly what everyone expected.

Unfortunately everyone expects Congress to do nothing to stop it either.


2 posted on 04/03/2015 10:35:56 AM PDT by BenLurkin (The above is not a statement of fact. It is either satire or opinion. Or both.)
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To: Steelfish

Mais oui!


3 posted on 04/03/2015 10:41:33 AM PDT by KevinB (Barack Obama: Our first black, gay, Kenyan, Socialist, Muslim president!)
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To: Steelfish

The French have more backbone and common sense than Emir Obozzo.


4 posted on 04/03/2015 10:42:02 AM PDT by Grampa Dave (When will Sisi, Bibi, King Abdullah & ?, take out Isis in our White House, AG Dept, CIA, & State?)
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To: Steelfish

Hanoi John Kerry the traitor is consistent. He ALWAYS sides against the US.


5 posted on 04/03/2015 10:43:21 AM PDT by Darren McCarty (We need a conservative electable candidate in 2016)
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To: Steelfish

If it embarrasses America, THEY DO IT. I’m surprised James Taylor didn’t show up and sing a love song.


6 posted on 04/03/2015 10:47:05 AM PDT by CivilWarBrewing
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To: Steelfish

Obama wants the Sanctions removed from Iran even if he has to commit Seppuku


7 posted on 04/03/2015 10:48:37 AM PDT by molson209 (Blank)
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To: Steelfish

The cheese eating surrender monkeys make Obama/Kerry look weak


8 posted on 04/03/2015 10:48:39 AM PDT by joshua c (Please dont feed the liberals)
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To: Steelfish

If Obama has to leave the White House ,his next Job is President Of Islam ?


9 posted on 04/03/2015 10:50:02 AM PDT by molson209 (Blank)
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To: Darren McCarty

He’s impatient to receive his Nobel Prize! :)

He couldn’t do anything worthwhile to earn one... so he perfected his traitorous ‘I hate America’ shtick’... we’ll see how long it takes for him to get his ‘prize’.

Then his family can start building the bunker where he’ll be buried... cause when it’s found out... his grave will become a latrine!


10 posted on 04/03/2015 10:57:24 AM PDT by SMARTY ("When you blame others, you give up your power to change." Robert Anthony)
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To: Steelfish

Does he plan to throw his “Nobel Peace Prize” over the White Mosque fence?


11 posted on 04/03/2015 10:58:42 AM PDT by Don Corleone ("Oil the gun..eat the cannoli. Take it to the Mattress.")
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To: Steelfish
Under Obama we have ignored our commitments (pulling out of the Polish BMD defense sites for example), supported despots (Muslim Brotherhood in Egypt even when the populace was rising against them), leaked our allies secrets (Israeli nuclear secrets), and backed down repeatedly from supposedly firm red lines (chemical weapons in Syria, Iranian nuclear production).

Nobody will ever trust America again and I don't blame them.

12 posted on 04/03/2015 11:00:38 AM PDT by pepsi_junkie (Who is John Galt?)
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To: Steelfish

The horse-faced Hanoi Boi has always been good at bending over and dropping his drawers. He really doesn’t possess many American values.


13 posted on 04/03/2015 11:09:05 AM PDT by FlingWingFlyer ("I want to be America's first, historical, male first lady." - Slick Willie)
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To: Steelfish

The goal of the negotiation was NEVER to prevent Iran from getting the bomb. The goal was to get any agreement necessary to make the clown in the White House look like a statesman. In short, domestic political consumption. In achieving such a goal this administration has endangered the USA and Israel.


14 posted on 04/03/2015 11:18:19 AM PDT by AEMILIUS PAULUS
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To: AEMILIUS PAULUS
In achieving such a goal this administration has endangered the USA and Israel.

LOL. Did you hear the same presser I did?

15 posted on 04/03/2015 11:20:13 AM PDT by mykroar ("Never believe anything until it has been officially denied." - Otto von Bismarck)
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To: Steelfish

“Negotiations” implies that there is some give-and-take.

When all you are doing is giving, and all the other side is doing is taking, that’s called “Getting Robbed”.

But, rest easy, no money from Kerry or Obama was involved.


16 posted on 04/03/2015 11:29:16 AM PDT by blueunicorn6 ("A crack shot and a good dancer")
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To: Steelfish
France's top diplomat on Friday admitted his country had initially held out for firmer terms

Initially? Whatever, who believes the French ever hold out for anything? lol

17 posted on 04/03/2015 11:29:40 AM PDT by Starboard
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To: BenLurkin

John Boehner is America’s Enemy
John Boehner is a Liar
John Boehner thinks he is Smarter then those he represents
John Boehner is a walking Contridiction
John Boehner is Compromised
John Boehner is a Criminal

prove me wrong.


18 posted on 04/03/2015 11:39:57 AM PDT by Eddie01 (Liberals lie about everything all the time.)
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To: Steelfish

Iran will get the bomb and millions of people will die all so a traitor by the name of John Kerry can get the Nobel peace prize so he can get air kisses from plastic surgery deformed women at cocktail parties and slaps on the back from assturds at the local polo club.


19 posted on 04/03/2015 12:10:10 PM PDT by GrandJediMasterYoda (B. Hussein Obama: 15 acts of Treason and counting.)
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To: Eddie01

You forgot Boehner is a drunk. As a recovering alcoholic myself I can spot a boozer face a mile away. This is what we got repping us, a freakin’ bum.


20 posted on 04/03/2015 12:14:13 PM PDT by GrandJediMasterYoda (B. Hussein Obama: 15 acts of Treason and counting.)
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