It’s those hardliners chanting “Death to America” who have been most opposed to the deal.
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US President Barack Obama is failing to stand up to the Israel lobby which is leaving no stone unturned to defeat the Iran nuclear agreement in the Republican-dominated Congress, an American activist and radio host in California says.
He said last week that opponents of the deal will unleash “tens of millions of dollars of advertising” against it, warning: “And if the rhetoric in these ads, and the accompanying commentary, sounds familiar, it should – for numerous same people who argued for the war in Iraq are now making the case against the Iran nuclear deal”.
While they bitterly fought among themselves in front of television cameras watched lived by millions of people, they were unanimous on withdrawing the Iranian nuclear deal, if elected to power in the 2016 presidential elections.
In contrast, President Obama contends that the agreement will “permanently prohibit” Iran from obtaining nuclear weapons and “cuts off all pathways” to them. “This agreement is, in my opinion, the most effective, realistic way to prevent Iran from getting a nuclear weapon anytime in the next 15 years“. Jim McGovern, D-Worcester, Seth Moulton, D-Salem, and Stephen Lynch, D-Boston, in supporting the deal.
Marine Gen. James Cartwright, former Vice Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff; Joseph P. Hoar, former head of the U.S. Central Command; and Gen. Merrill McPeak and Gen. Lloyd W. Newton of the Air Force are among signatories to the letter which includes other retired general and flag officers from every branch of service.
Kerry was the principal US negotiator of the accord, signed last month in Vienna, that dramatically curtails Tehran’s nuclear program in exchange for a gradual and conditional lifting of worldwide sanctions.
Kerry: “Can you imagine if we walk away with a deal what it’s going to be like when I go in as secretary of state to somebody and say, ‘Hey, by the way, you guys really ought to help us with the sanctions“. “And if the United States were to behave that way, not only would we have lost them with respect to the sanctions, but we will lose their support if we have to use military action”. On each question, Democrats were significantly more optimistic than Republicans.
Although New Mexico’s congressional democrats have fallen in line with Obama, polls show the public is sour on the deal. “It is meant to be a confidence-building measure that potentially allows for a reset in relations with Iran and the United States“, Berman said.
Kerry said he is “quite confident” that efforts to block the deal will fail.
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“What I see in Hillary Clinton is possibly the most qualified person in my lifetime to run for president“, said Mr. Dinowitz, the chair of the Bronx Democratic County Committee (second in command of the Bronx’s Democratic Party, behind Assemblyman Marcos Crespo).
