Republican Senators send a letter to Iran. Wow. Damn!

[Desperado]

Wow that's damn near treasonous. Interfering in the most important negotiation our country is facing in a way that benefits the enemy. But that's the GOP for you, politics before America.

No that is not the GOP for you, that is the treasonous Neocon contingent putting their love for Israel before the United States again.

 

[AceRothstein]

Reagan negotiated with Iran before he was president. According to the Republicans, Obama isn't allowed to negotiate with Iran while president.

 

[ClosedCaption]

Are you surprised? Anyone enemy or friend that disagrees with Obama is their new fav person.

When you go from Putin, to King Abdullah to Bibi and now this crap

Republicans sure do love America

 

[HereWeGoAgain]

Republicans want nothing short of war with Iran.

No, we didn't need to go to war with the USSR but liberals want nothing more than to solve the problem with hope and change.

To bad obama is a kenyen...he would have made a perfect frenchman.

 

[Statistikhengst]

Imagine the difficulties that Tom Cotton (R-Tee Potty, AR) must have had in penning that letter.

First, he was forced to put his Tea Party crayola crayons away and pick up a big-boy pen.

Second, he had to restart the letter three times, cuz "Dear Ragheads" or "Dear Jihadi Dickhead" just didn't sound right.

Third, he had to cancel his secret meeting with his gay lover. That really pissed him off.

Fourth, he was unsure how much postage it would cost...

I guess this is Tom Cotton's way of trying to jump onto the national stage. Maybe he will announce for president 2016 next week...

 

[Luddly Neddite]

There are some on the right who are now open traitors. They don't even bother to hide it anymore.

 

[JohnAdams]

Iraq Body Count project found 174,000 Iraqis reported killed between 2003 and 2013, with between 112,000-123,000 of those killed being civilian noncombatants. God Bless the USA!

 

[Statistikhengst]

There are some on the right who are now open traitors. They don't even bother to hide it anymore.

Best kept non-secret in DC.

 

[Wry Catcher]

Republicans Warn Iran -- and Obama -- That Deal Won t Last - Bloomberg View

A group of 47 Republican senators has written an open letter to Iran's leaders warning them that any nuclear deal they sign with President Barack Obama's administration won’t last after Obama leaves office.

Organized by freshman Senator Tom Cotton and signed by the chamber's entire party leadership as well as potential 2016 presidential contenders Marco Rubio, Ted Cruz and Rand Paul, the letter is meant not just to discourage the Iranian regime from signing a deal but also to pressure the White House into giving Congress some authority over the process.

“It has come to our attention while observing your nuclear negotiations with our government that you may not fully understand our constitutional system … Anything not approved by Congress is a mere executive agreement,” the senators wrote. “The next president could revoke such an executive agreement with the stroke of a pen and future Congresses could modify the terms of the agreement at any time.”

Arms-control advocates and supporters of the negotiations argue that the next president and the next Congress will have a hard time changing or canceling any Iran deal -- -- which is reportedly near done -- especially if it is working reasonably well.

Well, this is new, even in the world of the GOP batshit-crazy. This really does one-up it all. It's also kind of funny that there is a constitutional error in what the Senators wrote to the government of Iran. The Senate does NOT ratify treaties. That is even indicated directly on their Senate website. Instead, the Senate takes up a resolution of ratification, by which the Senate formally gives its advice and consent, empowering the president to proceed with ratification” . It's a fine point, almost splitting hairs, but worth noting.

So, Republicans hate this Democratic President so much that they are even willing to pen a letter to someone they consider an enemy of ours.

Back to the Bloomberg link:

It's stunning. And it's a rebuke on an international stage that doesn't really have a precedent. Imagine Democrats micro-managing the START talks in the 80s by sending an open letter to Gorbachev? It just wouldn't have been viewed as an acceptable political move while the talks were still happening.

The only conclusion we can make is that the GOP is not the loyal opposition, it is a severly disloyal opposition and deserves to be treated with disdain and contempt for such unamerican behavior. The GOP simply hates America, it's that simple.

Spot on!

The biggest lie ever perpetrated on the American people was promulgated by the Republican Party, to wit: "America First".

 

[LordBrownTrout]

Wow. This is one hell of a new benchmark these assholes are setting. To deliberately be working to undermine ongoing negotiations is about as vile and treacherous as it gets.

You have to go damn near back to the Jay Treaty to see this kind of shit.

No. O's amateurish dealings with iran is about as vile and treacherous as it gets.

 

[Wry Catcher]

Wow. This is one hell of a new benchmark these assholes are setting. To deliberately be working to undermine ongoing negotiations is about as vile and treacherous as it gets.

You have to go damn near back to the Jay Treaty to see this kind of shit.

No. O's amateurish dealings with iran is about as vile and treacherous as it gets.

Explain why in detail! Or prove you're nothing more than a parrot, and echoing right wing propaganda.

 

[LordBrownTrout]

Wow. This is one hell of a new benchmark these assholes are setting. To deliberately be working to undermine ongoing negotiations is about as vile and treacherous as it gets.

You have to go damn near back to the Jay Treaty to see this kind of shit.

No. O's amateurish dealings with iran is about as vile and treacherous as it gets.

Explain why in detail! Or prove you're nothing more than a parrot, and echoing right wing propaganda.

There is no detail other than to realize how russia is maneuvering iran into it's proxy state by aiding it towards nuclear capabilities. If you can't see that, you're as blind as a mole.

 

[JakeStarkey]

Russia will support Iran, yes, but that does not mean we need to go to war with Iran to keep them from getting nukes. The sanctions are never going to be let up much if they don't back down verifiably. The people will overthrow the Ayatollahs if the sanctions stay in place. The Iranian leadership knows that.

 

[Dot Com]

Republicans Warn Iran -- and Obama -- That Deal Won t Last - Bloomberg View

A group of 47 Republican senators has written an open letter to Iran's leaders warning them that any nuclear deal they sign with President Barack Obama's administration won’t last after Obama leaves office.

Organized by freshman Senator Tom Cotton and signed by the chamber's entire party leadership as well as potential 2016 presidential contenders Marco Rubio, Ted Cruz and Rand Paul, the letter is meant not just to discourage the Iranian regime from signing a deal but also to pressure the White House into giving Congress some authority over the process.

“It has come to our attention while observing your nuclear negotiations with our government that you may not fully understand our constitutional system … Anything not approved by Congress is a mere executive agreement,” the senators wrote. “The next president could revoke such an executive agreement with the stroke of a pen and future Congresses could modify the terms of the agreement at any time.”

Arms-control advocates and supporters of the negotiations argue that the next president and the next Congress will have a hard time changing or canceling any Iran deal -- -- which is reportedly near done -- especially if it is working reasonably well.

Well, this is new, even in the world of the GOP batshit-crazy. This really does one-up it all. It's also kind of funny that there is a constitutional error in what the Senators wrote to the government of Iran. The Senate does NOT ratify treaties. That is even indicated directly on their Senate website. Instead, the Senate takes up a resolution of ratification, by which the Senate formally gives its advice and consent, empowering the president to proceed with ratification” . It's a fine point, almost splitting hairs, but worth noting.

So, Republicans hate this Democratic President so much that they are even willing to pen a letter to someone they consider an enemy of ours.

Back to the Bloomberg link:

It's stunning. And it's a rebuke on an international stage that doesn't really have a precedent. Imagine Democrats micro-managing the START talks in the 80s by sending an open letter to Gorbachev? It just wouldn't have been viewed as an acceptable political move while the talks were still happening.

The only conclusion we can make is that the GOP is not the loyal opposition, it is a severly disloyal opposition and deserves to be treated with disdain and contempt for such unamerican behavior. The GOP simply hates America, it's that simple.

The Repubs EXTREME partisanship has pushed them over the edge

 

[LordBrownTrout]

Russia will support Iran, yes, but that does not mean we need to go to war with Iran to keep them from getting nukes. The sanctions are never going to be let up much if they don't back down verifiably. The people will overthrow the Ayatollahs if the sanctions stay in place. The Iranian leadership knows that.

You're living in fantasy world if you think the people of iran are going to overthrow the ayatollahs. They had their chance a few years ago to change leadership and they couldn't even do that.

 

[Dot Com]

Republicans want nothing short of war with Iran.

yep. Sending more people's kids off to fight their boogeymen like they did in vietraq

 

[JakeStarkey]

Russia will support Iran, yes, but that does not mean we need to go to war with Iran to keep them from getting nukes. The sanctions are never going to be let up much if they don't back down verifiably. The people will overthrow the Ayatollahs if the sanctions stay in place. The Iranian leadership knows that.

You're living in fantasy world if you think the people of iran are going to overthrow the ayatollahs. They had their chance a few years ago to change leadership and they couldn't even do that.

You are Fantasy Boy, my friend. That was 2009 and it is six hard years later. The screws will only get tighter on the Iranians. The real fantasy is that you would think that we would go to far with Iran. Our military chiefs have already told POTUS and Congress behind closed doors that is a no go.

 

[Wry Catcher]

Wow. This is one hell of a new benchmark these assholes are setting. To deliberately be working to undermine ongoing negotiations is about as vile and treacherous as it gets.

You have to go damn near back to the Jay Treaty to see this kind of shit.

No. O's amateurish dealings with iran is about as vile and treacherous as it gets.

Explain why in detail! Or prove you're nothing more than a parrot, and echoing right wing propaganda.

There is no detail other than to realize how russia is maneuvering iran into it's proxy state by aiding it towards nuclear capabilities. If you can't see that, you're as blind as a mole.

Of course there's no detail, you are simply a parrot; realpolitik is at play, not religion nor ideology.

Do some homework and consider how the proposed trans-Caspian gas pipeline might force Russian and Iranian cooperation.

 

[JakeStarkey]

Wow. This is one hell of a new benchmark these assholes are setting. To deliberately be working to undermine ongoing negotiations is about as vile and treacherous as it gets.

You have to go damn near back to the Jay Treaty to see this kind of shit.

No. O's amateurish dealings with iran is about as vile and treacherous as it gets.

Explain why in detail! Or prove you're nothing more than a parrot, and echoing right wing propaganda.

There is no detail other than to realize how russia is maneuvering iran into it's proxy state by aiding it towards nuclear capabilities. If you can't see that, you're as blind as a mole.

Of course there's no detail, you are simply a parrot; realpolitik is at play, not religion nor ideology.

Do some homework and consider how the proposed trans-Caspian gas pipeline might force Russian and Iranian cooperation.

That would require hard thinking for LBT.

 

[LordBrownTrout]

Russia will support Iran, yes, but that does not mean we need to go to war with Iran to keep them from getting nukes. The sanctions are never going to be let up much if they don't back down verifiably. The people will overthrow the Ayatollahs if the sanctions stay in place. The Iranian leadership knows that.

You're living in fantasy world if you think the people of iran are going to overthrow the ayatollahs. They had their chance a few years ago to change leadership and they couldn't even do that.

You are Fantasy Boy, my friend. That was 2009 and it is six hard years later. The screws will only get tighter on the Iranians. The real fantasy is that you would think that we would go to far with Iran. Our military chiefs have already told POTUS and Congress behind closed doors that is a no go.

Not at all, fantasy girl. I'm talking about the nadless people who blew their chance to change govt and wouldn't even do it now.