Israel/Palestine

Cali_Democrat

(30,439 posts) Mon Aug 3, 2015, 05:24 PM Aug 2015

So Israel and the Republican-controlled US Congress are the only folks opposed to the Iran deal?

Who else is opposed? The Gulf States? Not any more:

DOHA, Qatar — Persian Gulf monarchies issued a cautious endorsement on Monday of the accord Secretary of State John Kerry negotiated last month to constrain Iran’s nuclear program.

“This was the best option among other options,” said Khalid al-Attiyah, the foreign minister of Qatar, who hosted a meeting of the Gulf Cooperation Council that Mr. Kerry attended.

In a news conference with Mr. Kerry, Mr. Attiyah said that the secretary of state had repeated his assurance that the United States would stop Iran from acquiring a nuclear weapon if Tehran failed to adhere to the accord.

“We are confident that what they undertook makes this region safer and more stable,” he added.

http://www.nytimes.com/2015/08/04/world/middleeast/gulf-states-cautiously-support-iran-nuclear-deal.html

Seems like most of the world backs the deal. It received unanimous consent in the UN Security Council.

Why should we listen to the same folks who dragged us into the Iraq war clusterfuck? Netanyahu was literally creaming himself as the bombs started falling on Baghdad in 2003.

These same folks are so quick to oppose peace initiatives like the Iran deal.

Why are they so blood thirsty?

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So Israel and the Republican-controlled US Congress are the only folks opposed to the Iran deal? (Original Post) Cali_Democrat Aug 2015 OP

interesting question 6chars Aug 2015 #1

My thoughts are to prevent Iran from getting nuclear weapons because with the nuclear bomb Thinkingabout Aug 2015 #2

The deal is the best, and maybe the only way, to achieve that. BillZBubb Aug 2015 #3

Netanyahu needed a reason to drop a bomb on Iran, too trigger happy. Thinkingabout Aug 2015 #5

interesting analysis 6chars Aug 2015 #7

Seems like the GOP love war and more war....money, profit. Iliyah Aug 2015 #4

Wars create orders from the defense contractors also. Thinkingabout Aug 2015 #6

Also many Americans leftynyc Aug 2015 #8

Brutal new poll shows a sharp plunge in support for the Iran deal shira Aug 2015 #9

So are you going against the POTUS on this, shira? R. Daneel Olivaw Aug 2015 #10

Just replying to the question in the OP, that's all. n/t shira Aug 2015 #11

Yes or no. Do you 100% support the POTUS on the Iran deal? R. Daneel Olivaw Aug 2015 #12

Do you 100% support the POTUS view that anti-zionists = anti-semites? shira Aug 2015 #13

Answer the question or fold, shira. R. Daneel Olivaw Aug 2015 #14

No. Apparently there are a few boot-licking Dems R. Daneel Olivaw Aug 2015 #15

6chars

(3,967 posts)

1. interesting question

Reply to Cali_Democrat (Original post)

Mon Aug 3, 2015, 05:25 PM

Aug 2015

Thinkingabout

(30,058 posts)

2. My thoughts are to prevent Iran from getting nuclear weapons because with the nuclear bomb

Reply to Cali_Democrat (Original post)

Mon Aug 3, 2015, 05:32 PM

Aug 2015

They would be able to do grave danger to Israel or other nations.

BillZBubb

(10,650 posts)

3. The deal is the best, and maybe the only way, to achieve that.

Reply to Thinkingabout (Reply #2)

Mon Aug 3, 2015, 05:37 PM

Aug 2015

The foolish Israeli/right wing approach would only succeed if Iran was invaded, occupied and the leadership there eliminated. Simply bombing facilities would not stop a country of Iran's size and capabilities.

Hopefully we won't let Israel and the right wing dupe us into another disastrous invasion.

Thinkingabout

(30,058 posts)

5. Netanyahu needed a reason to drop a bomb on Iran, too trigger happy.

Reply to BillZBubb (Reply #3)

Mon Aug 3, 2015, 05:45 PM

Aug 2015

6chars

(3,967 posts)

7. interesting analysis

Reply to Thinkingabout (Reply #5)

Mon Aug 3, 2015, 05:48 PM

Aug 2015

Iliyah

(25,111 posts)

4. Seems like the GOP love war and more war....money, profit.

Reply to Cali_Democrat (Original post)

Mon Aug 3, 2015, 05:43 PM

Aug 2015

Screw life and mother nature.

Thinkingabout

(30,058 posts)

6. Wars create orders from the defense contractors also.

Reply to Iliyah (Reply #4)

Mon Aug 3, 2015, 05:46 PM

Aug 2015

leftynyc

(26,060 posts)

8. Also many Americans

Reply to Cali_Democrat (Original post)

Tue Aug 4, 2015, 05:15 AM

Aug 2015

are against the deal:

http://www.politico.com/story/2015/08/public-polls-iran-nuclear-deal-support-oppose-120953.html

I'm guessing they don't care what the gulf states think. Can't speak for any other senators but Schumer will suffer zero consequences if he votes against it.

shira

(30,109 posts)

9. Brutal new poll shows a sharp plunge in support for the Iran deal

Reply to Cali_Democrat (Original post)

Tue Aug 4, 2015, 07:11 AM

Aug 2015

Americans overwhelmingly dislike the US-led Iran nuclear deal on which President Barack Obama is now trying to sell Congress.

According to a new Quinnipiac University poll published on Monday, only 28% of Americans said that they approve of the Iran deal, which aims to curb the country's nuclear ambitions in exchange for sanctions relief.

That compared to 57% who said they disapprove of the deal, which was brokered between Iran and six world powers. The vast majority of respondents also said that the deal will make America less safe.

Read more: http://www.businessinsider.com/iran-deal-poll-quinnipiac-2015-8#ixzz3hqMRZKIy