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2015-03-12 Home Front: WoT

Kerry: U.S. Not Negotiating a Legally Binding Iran Deal

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Posted by Hupineger Glomomp52169 2015-03-12 00:00|| || Front Page|| [5 views ] Top

#1 It's a mere glance across a crowded, a hint of a smile, a lingering standing together in the buffet line of sophisticated Voreign Poolicye.

Posted by Shipman 2015-03-12 00:22|| 2015-03-12 00:22|| Front Page Top

#2 You are one stupid idiot Kerry. I hope you are proud of yourself now.

The next life will be hell for you and your piece of shit employer :)

Traitors

Posted by newc 2015-03-12 00:25|| 2015-03-12 00:25|| Front Page Top

#3 A bit too much media time for my liking. I suspect he's been given the nod as a potential Hildebeest backfill.

Posted by Besoeker 2015-03-12 03:20|| 2015-03-12 03:20|| Front Page Top

#4 Well, I'm glad we got that clarified!

Posted by Bobby 2015-03-12 07:39|| 2015-03-12 07:39|| Front Page Top

#5 Not legally binding on Iran---that's what he means? Or is it "This administration doesn't care about legality."?

Posted by g(r)omgoru 2015-03-12 10:55|| 2015-03-12 10:55|| Front Page Top

#6 I think it means something like, we will negotiate the easing of sanctions by not prosecuting those who break sanctions.

I think the letter would be a nice reminder to those making a ~~not legal~~ illegal deal in accordance with these deals may be prosecuted retroactively if and when the US prosecutes.

So we can watch the lobby and campaign donations flow towards candidates who will go along with these agreements, and there will be great shrugging in two years about what do we do now but make it official?

Could also include certain intel sharing as well as air cover for Iranian troops fighting ISJV in Iraq, as well as a guaranteed no Kurdistan.

I think what we get in return is a pledge that ~~Saddam will not violate the no fly zone~~ the ayatollahs will calling for ~~the return of the Persian Empire~~ be nice and peaceful.

Or here is a good one - cancel aid to Assad to collapse Syria.

Posted by swksvolFF 2015-03-12 12:18|| 2015-03-12 12:18|| Front Page Top

#7 What Besoeker said.

Posted by JohnQC 2015-03-12 12:29|| 2015-03-12 12:29|| Front Page Top

#8 I guess I'm just not as smart as Frickin' Kerry. I don't understand how this little plan/agreement/treaty or whatever the fuck it is can have a capacity for enforcement if it isn't legally binding. And who wants to bet on whether or not his boss is prepared to enforce it in any meaningful way? I guess the nuance is too subtle for me. But I would bet the ayatollahs are having a good laugh at his expense.

Posted by Ebbang Uluque6305 2015-03-12 12:57|| 2015-03-12 12:57|| Front Page Top

#9 Heard today that the way around this for Zero and company is to negotiate a deal then send it over to the UN for adoption.

No Congressional oversight required or allowed.

Posted by Hupineger Glomomp52169 2015-03-12 19:18|| 2015-03-12 19:18|| Front Page Top

#10 Going through the UN does not sanctify, bless or otherwise make a non-deal legal. Our Constitution trumps international law. SCOTUS was supposed to have decided this previously.

Personally, I would not want the representatives of some of least free and oppressive nations in the world deciding such things. They are not on the moral high ground.

Posted by JohnQC 2015-03-12 21:56|| 2015-03-12 21:56|| Front Page Top

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