Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu is heading to Congress to try to do anything possible to sabotage the ongoing US-Iran nuclear negotiations. The White House is responding by insisting a deal was probably never going to happen in the first place.
Obama today declared Iran would “more likely than not” refuse to sign the agreement that has reportedly been very close to finalizing. Why Iran is negotiating along those terms if they don’t intend to accept them is totally unclear.
Downplaying the seriousness of the talks has been an ongoing strategy to keep Israel on the sidelines while negotiations continue, as Netanyahu has made very clear time and again he opposes any deal.
With Netanyahu already in DC, it’s probably too late to try to convince him that the talks aren’t worth worrying about. The White House also claimed they could theoretically impose new sanctions on Iran even after they reach a deal with Iran, the terms of which would be to not impose new sanctions. This is just a bizarre claim, suggesting the Obama Administration might not be taking the diplomacy particularly seriously.
That's pathetic even for Obama. So netenyahoo gets what he wants before he even gives the speech? What do they think, that he'll cancel it last minute? Please.
So it was all smoke and mirrors to begin with?
I hope that statement was just to please the israelis and that in reality the Obama admin is serious about negotiation with Iran.
Yes, this way Obama gets to go down in history as having tried diplomacy first, before going to war against an intransigent Iran.
Israel with its arsenal of undeclared /illegal/ WMD and constant warmongering should not be listen too. This realy shows who runs US. Israels régime stays the biggest dander to whole world…till bitter end. Pedro CR
The US can't afford to go to war with Iran. For ordinary people it will be like 1932 again because in that case Iran will close the Strait of Hormuz and we can't do anything about it. Also, Iran can sink all warships with Silkworm supersonic cruise missiles they bought in China.
One has to assume that the US always "negotiates" in bad faith, trying to at best impose an ultimatum, or more likely, provide talking points and political cover for future military action, rather than reach an agreement.
Obama is the White House butler for no other reason then he has received the $4 billion political donations needed from the corporate rich, in like manner did Netanyahu become Prime Minister and as the mainstream propaganda goes, we should be so gullible as believe that the rich are off making billions and could not care less how politicians regulate their corporations, impose taxes and start wars?
Life is short, gentlemen, why be so stupid?
Why on earth would Obama, with talks still ongoing, say that Iran would "more likely than not" refuse to sign an agreement? Did he learn nothing, in his 6+ years as potus, about keeping delicate negotiations confidential? I really thought that Obama wanted this deal for his legacy, but perhaps I was naïve.
His legacy is that he was the USSA's first President of color. It seems that's enough for some people.
Clearly the admin hasn't learned anything because they "share" all confidential info about negotiations with israel.
As I stated before, Obama wants to go down in history as having given peace a chance by pretending to negotiate with an intransigent Iran before going to war.
The Spineless Obama, the Clueless Kerry. What better pair could be found to lead this country's Foreign Policy? Is there room for both to hide under the desk in the oval office while Netanyahu is here?
The poor-class and rich nobility — Perfect example of a dichotomy
Now there was no homeless problem in America, not until President Reagan closed down all the mental facilities that cared for those so lifetime and helplessly poor.
A virtually all of the lifetime homeless, they are so because they lack the intelligence to achieve a living wage. It being in no way a mental illness, for just as 1% of society have a super intelligence that gives the rich nobility the ability to achieve ownership of three-fourths of all wealth, so does 1% have an intelligence so low that it will forever be the poor-class that we must feed and shelter, unless we allow the rich to exterminate them by a genocide.
For the fact that we all have a different level of ability to achieve, this is why socialism is the only system of economics that could ever achieve a just and fair society, it being to pass all excessive wealth down to a lower class where it can do the most good.
For in a perfect society with no crime, it would be impossible for anyone to experience the four emotions that make society human, namely compassion, pity and charity given in a way that produces a grateful response.
USA: Israel's lapdog
Been telling you people the whole Iran negotiations nonsense is just that – a scam by Obama to bolster his Nobel Peace Prize pretensions – while ultimately declaring Iran to be at fault when he finally torpedoes the negotiations – just as he did in 2009 and 2010 when Turkey and Brazil negotiated a deal.
Obama has been TOLD by his masters to further the desired war with Iran. That is why he was prepared to attack Syria in 2013 before being out-maneuvered by Putin. He has been behind the entire Syrian crisis from the beginning, using the Libya "dry-run" as the model.
Obama may not want to be blamed historically for starting a war with Iran on his own initiative. As a "stunning narcissist" – as Normal Finkelstein called him – he may wish to retire from the Presidency with a less-than-total "war monger" tag on him like Bush had. But that still doesn't mean he won't further the cause of war with Iran (and between Ukraine and Russia to boot).
People who still drink the Obama Kool-Aid and think Obama is "reluctant" to continue the US program of "war all the time" are naive. He is owned and operated by the military-industrial complex and the financial sector and he will do as they command.
So, the plan is to ink a deal with Iran and immediately have the Senate refuse to ratify and impose additional sanctions instead?