The White House had for quite some time been quietly lobbying Congress to put its new sanctions bills against Iran on hold for the sake of diplomacy, but is now being very public with its opposition to the bills, calling them a “march to war” against Iran, and one that the American public opposes.
White House spokesman Jay Carney said that the public “justifiably and understandably prefer a peaceful solution,” warning that if the sanctions derail the talks it would leave war as the only alternative.
Some Congressional hawks have been presenting more sanctions as a way to scare Iran into making more concessions, but others have opposed a deal at all costs, and are facing strong lobbying from Israel, which has complained that the deal would get in the way of their planned war.
All of this is setting the stage for the Congressional battle to be much more public than it’s been in recent months, and with Israel planning to ratchet up its lobbying in the week left before the next round of talks with Iran, the rhetoric is likely to get more serious in the days to come.
Well, I don't know if Obama had some sort of attack of common sense or if he's just fed up with the Zionists trying to to push him around, but I'll give the guy credit for having his spokesman come out and point fingers at the warmongers.
Have to disagree. I think there's a line in the above report that explains these actions perfectly:
"White House spokesman Jay Carney said… that if the sanctions derail the talks it would leave war as the only alternative."
All the White House imperialists are doing is trying to say that if we don't get our way in the talks, we are going to have to illegally attack Iran, so let's make sure we get our way in the talks.
That's what you call a win/win for Washington, and a lose/lose for Iran and international law.
Absolutely right, Empire slayer. In fact, Obama even renewed Carter era sanctions.
Yes. It's just their way of saying "we'll force Iran to do what we want through talks, or if that doesn't work we'll force Iran to do what we want through aggression".
The vast majority of the world supports Iran's right to enrich. Iran is a Western obsession, obviously because of Iran's importance as an energy country in the key energy region.
Every US intelligence agency, all 16, say Iran is not pursuing nuclear weapons. So… that should be the end of the story.
But the empire wants control over Iran. Exxon Mobil funds Washington think tanks to write instruction manuals on how to invade Iran, overthrow their government, and install a "pro-American" regime: http://empireslayer.blogspot.com/2013/10/if-iran-…
Well, I don't know if Obama had some sort of attack of common sense or if he's just fed up with the Zionists trying to to push him around, but I'll give the guy credit for having his spokesman come out and point fingers at the warmongers.
Carney should keep a running list of the warmongers and post their names on it everyday. Keep their names in the public's eyes – I know, hard task.
Finally, the President has taken a stand that really makes sense. He could get strong public backing on this issue if he went to the American people, and even stronger backing if he were consistent on this issue except with other countries, such as Syria. He really needs a new paradigm in his foreign policy, and relations with Iran could unlock the door to it.
" He really needs a new paradigm in his foreign policy ". The paradigm is the US meddles in other countries and other countries meddle in the US i.e. Israel, Saudi Arabia. When all the meddling stops maybe sanity will prevail.