WaPost, NYT, Vox on Iran deal - The 'appeasement' Republicans are claiming…it never occurred. NEVER.

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Contrary to the propaganda that was being spread by GOP mouthpieces, the toughest negotiator was…………………Kerry.

Read both articles and be prepared to counter the RW lie machine. This fight here in the US is just beginning. We either fight FOR diplomacy as the wisest path towards peace or we let the GOP know-nothings and neocons dominate the debate with their war-mongering narrative.


WaPost:
National Security

The path to a final Iran nuclear deal: Long days and short tempers

https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/national-security/long-days-and-short-tempers-the-path-to-a-final-nuclear-deal/2015/07/15/bb90235c-2b1d-11e5-bd33-395c05608059_story.html?hpid=z1

NYT:

MIDDLE EAST|Clearing Hurdles to Iran Nuclear Deal With Standoffs, Shouts and Compromise

“We are not going to have another time in history when there is an Obama and a Biden and a Kerry and a Moniz again,” he said, according to notes of the conversation. “And there may be no Rouhani, Zarif and Salehi.”

http://www.nytimes.com/2015/07/16/world/middleeast/clearing-hurdles-to-iran-nuclear-deal-with-standoffs-shouts-and-compromise.html

Vox:

"I would give it an A": Why nuclear experts love the Iran deal

Jeffrey Lewis was so eager to read the Iran nuclear deal that he woke up at 3:30 am California time to pore through all 150-plus pages of the text. Lewis is a nukes super nerd: He's the director of the East Asia Nonproliferation Program at the Monterey Institute of International Studies, and also runs an excellent arms control blog network and arms control podcast and has a regular arms control column in Foreign Policy. He is the person to talk to on this.

When Lewis and I first spoke, in early 2015, he was skeptical, as a lot of arms control analysts were. He was skeptical that the US, world powers, and Iran would ever reach a nuclear deal. And he was skeptical that if they did reach a deal, it would be good enough. But when the negotiators released the "framework" in April, describing the broad strokes, Lewis came away impressed and happily surprised — but with some caveats and some unanswered questions.

I called up Lewis to see what he thought of the final deal. His assessment was very positive: Asked to grade the deal, he said, "I would give it an A."
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http://www.vox.com/2015/7/15/8967147/iran-nuclear-deal-jeffrey-lewis