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2015-04-06 Syria-Lebanon-Iran
Obama defends Iran deal as 'once in a lifetime' opportunity
President Barack Obama staunchly defended a framework nuclear agreement with Iran as a "once-in-a-lifetime opportunity" to prevent a bomb and bring longer-term stability to the Middle East. He insisted the U.S. would stand by Israel if it were to come under attack, but acknowledged that his pursuit of diplomacy with Tehran has caused strain with the close ally.

"It's been a hard period," Obama said in a weekend interview with Thomas Friedman, a columnist for The New York Times. He added that it is "personally difficult" for him to hear his administration accused of not looking out for Israel's interests.
Yeah. Right. And the whole ME is filled with examples of your successes.
Now in his seventh year in office, Obama cast the Iran talks as part of a broader foreign policy doctrine that sees American power as a safeguard that gives him the ability to take calculated risks.

"We are powerful enough to be able to test these propositions without putting ourselves at risk," he said, citing his overtures to Cuba and Myanmar as other examples of his approach.

The president's comments come days after the U.S. and other world powers reached a tentative agreement to curb Iran's nuclear program in exchange for sanctions relief. The framework cleared the way for negotiators to hammer out technical details ahead of a June 30 deadline for a final deal.

Obama argued that successful negotiations presented the most effective way to keep Iran from obtaining a nuclear weapon, but insisted he would keep all options on the table if Tehran were to violate the terms.

"I've been very clear that Iran will not get a nuclear weapon on my watch, and I think they should understand that we mean it," Obama said in the interview published Sunday. "But I say that hoping that we can conclude this diplomatic arrangement -- and that it ushers a new era in U.S.-Iranian relations -- and, just as importantly, over time, a new era in Iranian relations with its neighbors."

The president said there are many details that still need to be worked out with the Iranians and cautioned that there would be "real political difficulties" in implementing an agreement in both countries. He reiterated his opposition to a legislation that would give the U.S. Congress final say in approving or rejecting a deal, but said he hoped to find a path to allow Congress to "express itself."

The White House plans an aggressive campaign to sell the deal to Congress, as well as to skeptical Arab allies who worry about Iran's destabilizing activity in the region. The president has invited leaders of six Gulf nations to Washington this spring and said he wanted to "formalize" U.S. assistance.

On the substance of the Iran framework agreement, Obama outlined more specifics of how the U.S. would seek to verify that Tehran wasn't cheating. He said there would be an "international mechanism" that would assess whether there needed to be an inspection at a suspicious site and could overrule Iranian objections.

The nuclear talks have marked a remarkable shift in the frozen relationship between the U.S. and Iran. It has become normal for officials from both countries to communicate and hold face-to-face meetings. Obama is yet to meet with Iranian President Hasan Rouhani, though they did speak on the phone. He has also exchanged letters with Iran's Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei.

Obama said the letters include "a lot of reminders of what he perceives as past grievances against Iran." But he said the concessions Khamenei allowed his negotiators to make in the nuclear talks suggests that "he does realize that the sanctions regime that we put together was weakening Iran over the long term, and that if in fact he wanted to see Iran re-enter the community of nations, then there were going to have to be changes."
Posted by gorb 2015-04-06 00:08|| || Front Page|| [1 views ]  Top

#1 Any knummb nuts like you , who puts on his socks correctly, and believes he has achieved a success, has no notion that he is a Chamberlain, who has sold this country down the river for a pot of beans.. you sir, are a traitor and charlatan and are deserving of repudiation by the knowledgeable people everywhere
Posted by Skunky Omiting9526 2015-04-06 00:26||   2015-04-06 00:26|| Front Page Top

#2 Again, as per US-LED ANTI-US OWG-NWO + GLOBALISM, iff US-specific, Globalist Amerikan unilateral or self-retreat or pullback/fallback ideally = World Peace, then why the need for a future US to sink or destroy any Pacific Islands at all in order to deny to MilPol Enemies or Protagonists, e.g. OWG Co-Superpower Sibling China + [ISIS = post-ISIS led?] Nuclear Islam???

For "Anti-Access, Area-Denial" = "A2/AD"???

* As per GLOBALIST CO-SUPERPOWER "PARITY", WHY DOES THE US BELIEVE IT CAN UNILATERALLY ATTACK-N-SINK FOREIGN LANDS BUT CONUS = AMERIKA ITSELF CANNOT BE ATTACKED-N-SUNK???
Posted by JosephMendiola 2015-04-06 00:43||   2015-04-06 00:43|| Front Page Top

#3 * TOPIX, WORLD NEWS > MUSLIMS TO OUTNUMBER CHRISTIANS IN WORLD BY 2070, [Pew]STUDY SHOWS.

> Rising China desiring to replace US as World#1 by 2040-2050???
> Iff not China, then NUCLEAR ISLAM as led by Neo-Ottoman Nuclear Turkey + US-born, US-raised, Convert-to-Islam Islamic Mahdi/Hidden Imam by 2030-2050.

AND STILL NO CARAMEL POPCORN AT THE LOCAL THEATER
- WHY, WOMAN, WHY!
Posted by JosephMendiola 2015-04-06 00:55||   2015-04-06 00:55|| Front Page Top

#4 More like once in several hundred thousand lifetimes opportunities which Obama would blow - and Iran will literally blow away...
This idiot actually still believes he's some sort of super diplomat in spite of all his failures.
How many peoples have been killed due to this fools policies?
Posted by CrazyFool 2015-04-06 01:01||   2015-04-06 01:01|| Front Page Top

#5 Yet another 'back to the future' moment. If nothing else, he's so predictable.
Posted by Besoeker 2015-04-06 01:53||   2015-04-06 01:53|| Front Page Top

#6 Well, it is Passover.
Posted by g(r)omgoru 2015-04-06 04:51||   2015-04-06 04:51|| Front Page Top

#7 I expected us to get some magic beans out of this "deal". Instead, we got an IOU for the magic beans.
Posted by Matt 2015-04-06 07:42||   2015-04-06 07:42|| Front Page Top

#8 What he doesn't know is Iran will screw him over as often as they can. Just isn't a once in a lifetime opportunity.

Congratulations on being their latest slut.
Posted by DarthVader 2015-04-06 09:16||   2015-04-06 09:16|| Front Page Top

#9 "It's been a hard period," Obama said in a weekend interview with Thomas Friedman, a Diplomat columnist for The New York Times.

Inasmuch as Friedman has been our go-to guy for off the record peace ideas and discussions with his close Arab friends.....
Posted by Frank G 2015-04-06 11:12||   2015-04-06 11:12|| Front Page Top

#10 Hard, hard, hard to believe that even someone as stupid as Obama believes the Iranians are presenting him with a "once in a lifetime opportunity". Just simply out of the goodness of their hearts, huh? Or maybe by some miracle the sanctions actually worked? Certainly even he, as stupid as he is, knows better. That leaves only uncomfortable conclusions.

Posted by Ebbang Uluque6305 2015-04-06 11:44||   2015-04-06 11:44|| Front Page Top

#11 Because only once in you lifetime do you get the opportunity to be vaporized by moslem mullahs holding Persia hostage.
Posted by newc 2015-04-06 12:33||   2015-04-06 12:33|| Front Page Top










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