House Foreign Affairs Chair: Iran Talks ‘A Foolish Waste of Time’
Opposes Any Theoretical Talks With Iran
Speaking today in the wake of a congressional trip to the Middle East, Rep. Ileana Ros-Lehtinen (R – FL) condemned the idea of talks with Iran, even though at the moment there is no indication that any such talks are upcoming.
Ros-Lehtinen insisted that nations she visited were under the assumption that talks were theoretically possible in the future, saying that “I certainly hope we’re not going to do that foolish venture again.”
Ros-Lehtinen went on to term all talks with Iran a “foolish waste of time” and insisted that she “absolutely, unequivocally, very clearly and directly oppose any kind of talks with Iran.”
Last week Ros-Lehtinen made a big deal of railing against Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad’s state visits to South America, and accused Ecuador’s relationship with Iran of being a threat to American interests.
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Loraine
January 18th, 2012 at 10:04 pm
Go fly a kite, Ros-Lehtinen!
curmudgeonvt
January 18th, 2012 at 10:30 pm
Then it's a good thing this…..person….isn't in charge of our international relations. Someone should remind this Israel Firster of that.
june8642
January 18th, 2012 at 11:04 pm
This congresswoman is a danger to the United States. Perhaps Israel will make an exception to its law that no Christian can be given Israeli citizenship, and allow her to practice her disrespect for liberty and free speech in Israel. She certainly does not believe in freedom of speech and sovereignty for nations other than the U.S. and Israel. Surely Miami can do better by sending a representative to the Congress who at least backs the freedoms of the U.S. Constitution!
omop
January 19th, 2012 at 8:13 am
Obviously Ros=Lehtinen is not aware that Mr. Nethanyahu is now more concerned about the threat from Haaretz and the NYT.
http://mondoweiss.net/2012/01/nyt-and-haaretz-and…
Marangu6
January 19th, 2012 at 9:03 am
She is simply doing the bidding of her congressional constituency. Regardless of what she feels personally about such topics, she needs to be seen as "representing" her voters to keep her job.
All politics are local, and this is just yet another example of local demographics having a distorting impact on national policies.
pendulum
January 19th, 2012 at 9:59 am
US diplomacy skills are in the minuses and falliing
donna
January 19th, 2012 at 10:06 am
She's an Israeli-firster and an unpatriotic American. Voters need to dump her for someone who understands what diplomacy was created for: to talk with your enemies!
baz
January 19th, 2012 at 11:40 am
you know, i really cant tell if she is an israeli or not? whom else but an israeli would speak like this? even then, i only hear a few israeli politicians sound this extreme and militant…
rosemerry
January 19th, 2012 at 2:25 pm
Exactly.
rosemerry
January 19th, 2012 at 2:26 pm
Are any of her voters citizens of the United States? She seems to care nothing for the interests of the USA.
Nelson_2008
January 19th, 2012 at 2:27 pm
I have to appreciate her candor; yes, "talks" with Iran would be "a foolish waste of time"…since the uncompromising goal is not to live in peace with Iran (on any other sovereign state for that matter) but to destroy it.
John_Muhammad
January 19th, 2012 at 6:50 pm
Of course she's right- talks with Iran are a waste of time when the end result has already been pre-ordained. We can hold all the talks we want, but in the end it will be Israel that decides when to pull the trigger- and it's better than even money that they will, and not later but sooner.
It's awfully telling that both Iran and the US state they don't want war, that we'd rather 'work it out', but it's Israel that is stirring the pot at every opportunity and they have neither planes nor ships- and certainly not a single ground soldier- in the area to even take part in the event they are successful at starting a proxy war with the US as their patsy.
Nathan
January 19th, 2012 at 7:21 pm
"Ros-Lehtinen went on to term all talks with Iran a “foolish waste of time” and insisted that she “absolutely, unequivocally, very clearly and directly oppose any kind of talks with Iran.”
Now, that is undeniably AIPAC talking through one of its paid agents.
JJJihad
January 19th, 2012 at 9:21 pm
This Holocaust Harpy is absolute proof that the US Congress is owned and operated by Zionism. For years, Ros-Leit-weight hasn't even tried to pretend that she gives a shit about America or Americans. For her, the US is a fat dumb slab of beef for Israel to feast on whenever and however it likes. And not one of her "colleagues" has ever dared to challenge her for her blatant disloyalty. To do so would be a certain career-ender amid shrieking howls of "anti-Semitism." You see, for an American congressman to put the interests of the US and the American people before those of Israel is anti-Semitism.
But here's a question Il-ness-eana ought to give some thought: If her and her fellow Zionists get their way and instigate a US war with Iran, doesn't she know who Americans will sooner or later come after?