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For Kerry, Iran deal would be a legacy hit after many misses
Reuters ^ | 6-24-15 | Arshad Mohammed and Warren Strobe

Posted on 06/24/2015 8:59:32 AM PDT by DeweyCA

If U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry pulls off a nuclear deal with Iran, it will be a singular achievement in a long career in which the grand prize has eluded him.

His 2004 presidential election loss, lack of legislative monuments despite 28 years in the Senate, and failure, like many before, to bring peace to Israelis and Palestinians have contributed to a view that he struggles to seal major successes.

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Some who watched Kerry up close describe a senator eager to take on complex, sometimes arcane issues and doggedly pursue them even when it became clear to others they were lost causes.

"There's a sense that he loves a mission that might lead to glory," said a person with knowledge of Kerry's work on an ill-fated "super committee" formed to find $1.5 trillion in government savings. "He's like a shark; he can't stop swimming."

The day after the committee collapsed, Kerry summoned some members to his office in search of a breakthrough. "Everybody but him knew it was a bridge too far," this person said.

(Excerpt) Read more at ca.news.yahoo.com ...


TOPICS: Foreign Affairs; News/Current Events; Politics/Elections
KEYWORDS: iran; johnkerry
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In other words, just like Obama, Kerry is a guy who is more concerned about his own short-term reputation and personal glory, than about the long-term good of the country. Darn egotists! One thing I liked about Bush was his Christian humility. Most of the time, he genuinely wanted to do what he thought was best for the country, rather than worry about what the press would say about him. He loved soldiers for more than simply being props for photo-ops (like for Obama).
1 posted on 06/24/2015 8:59:32 AM PDT by DeweyCA
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Have they forgotten his illegal engineering of our retreat in Vietnam?


2 posted on 06/24/2015 9:02:12 AM PDT by 2ndDivisionVet (You can help: https://donate.tedcruz.org/c/FBTX0095/)
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LOL! It’s not like this famous veet naam vet isn’t already a legend in his own mime. He should be wearing orange. Drone on johnny boy, drone on.


3 posted on 06/24/2015 9:02:32 AM PDT by rktman (Served in the Navy to protect the rights of those that want to take some of mine away. Odd, eh?)
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To: DeweyCA

Hitler had a legacy, I hear.


4 posted on 06/24/2015 9:04:54 AM PDT by sappy (criminaldems)
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Monsieur Kerry will, no doubt, get the Nobel Prize
with some Heinz ketchup and a Purple Heart,
when the first Iranian nuclear bomb murders by vaporization
hundreds of thousands of innocents Israelis, Americans,
and then Europeans.


5 posted on 06/24/2015 9:05:27 AM PDT by Diogenesis ("When a crime is unpunished, the world is unbalanced.")
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To: DeweyCA

A nuke deal with Iran would confirm Kerry’s spot in Idiot of the Century for America.


6 posted on 06/24/2015 9:06:54 AM PDT by Uncle Miltie
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It will be "deemed" a success no matter the actual outcome or Iran's non-adherence to it afterwards.

7 posted on 06/24/2015 9:08:08 AM PDT by BitWielder1 (I'd rather have Unequal Wealth than Equal Poverty.)
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To: DeweyCA

Nice that someone named Arshad Mohammed approves. Although I suppose he deserves some credit for his little spat with Marie Harf.


8 posted on 06/24/2015 9:08:27 AM PDT by Cicero (Marcus Tullius)
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To: DeweyCA

The Neville Chamberlain of this century.


9 posted on 06/24/2015 9:08:30 AM PDT by Huskrrrr
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That "Death to America" is just talk, pandering to their electorate.

-BHO-

10 posted on 06/24/2015 9:09:04 AM PDT by TexasCajun (Hillary: Ethically Sleazy & Politically Stupid)
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To: DeweyCA

A legacy hit in the same vein as Neville Chamberlain’s legacy hit in Munich.


11 posted on 06/24/2015 9:09:07 AM PDT by DuncanWaring (The Lord uses the good ones; the bad ones use the Lord.)
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To: DeweyCA

His 2004 presidential election loss, lack of legislative monuments despite 28 years in the Senate, and failure, like many before, to bring peace to Israelis and Palestinians have contributed to a view that he struggles to seal major successes.


Maybe there is a reason for that? The Iran deal is shaping up to be a disaster, just so Obama and Kerry can claim a “victory”.


12 posted on 06/24/2015 9:12:49 AM PDT by rbg81
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To: DeweyCA

Neville Chamberlain has a legacy too.


13 posted on 06/24/2015 9:16:43 AM PDT by MileHi (Liberalism is an ideology of parasites, hypocrites, grievance mongers, victims, and control freaks.)
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To: DeweyCA

Some “achievement”.


14 posted on 06/24/2015 9:23:10 AM PDT by headstamp 2
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It will be his legacy, alright.
A legacy that will live in infamy.


15 posted on 06/24/2015 9:26:59 AM PDT by Eric in the Ozarks ("If he were working for the other side, what would he be doing differently ?")
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Kerry’s legacy, and his bosses, will be Ezekiel 38, eventually.

Bank on it.


16 posted on 06/24/2015 9:34:43 AM PDT by SaveFerris (Be a blessing to a stranger today for some have entertained angels unaware)
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What kind of legacy would it represent? Does he want to go down in history as the one who facilitated the second “Final Solution?” Does he want statues to him in Iran? He can forget that. Shariah and the Koran do not permit statues and places named for people.


17 posted on 06/24/2015 9:37:00 AM PDT by arthurus (It's true!)
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Chamberlain was an honorable man, even if a fool. Kerry is only a fool.


18 posted on 06/24/2015 9:38:08 AM PDT by arthurus (It's true!)
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To: DeweyCA

I still haven’t figured out how facilitating the arming up of our major enemy is somehow a respectable “legacy”.


19 posted on 06/24/2015 9:42:43 AM PDT by BerryDingle (I know how to deal with communists, I still wear their scars on my back from Hollywood-Ronald Reagan)
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Ha!! It will be his Waterloo....only much more devastating.


20 posted on 06/24/2015 9:44:24 AM PDT by SumProVita (Cogito, ergo....Sum Pro Vita - Modified Descartes)
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