Western officials are continuing to talk up the need for Iran to show flexibility in the nuclear talks, but a framework for the final nuclear settlement seems all but a sure bet in the next few days, with officials saying the text is about 2-3 pages long.
The clearest sign from the US that this is no false report of another bogus deal is that Secretary of State John Kerry has formally notified Israel of some of the contents of the deal.
Which Israeli officials are calling “incomprehensibly bad,” but isn’t necessarily to be taken as any more from them than the usual bluster, as they viewed pretty much every proposed deal in this came manner.
The reports seem largely in keeping with what’s been talked of in recent weeks, with Iran keeping some 6,000 of its 10,000 operating centrifuges up and running, but only at the level of low enrichment to fuel the Bushehr Power Plant. The lifting of sanctions will also, as expected, be phased.
The deal won’t be the full text of the final settlement, which is probably not to come until late June at the earlier, but will form the rough form of what that final text will take.
Why does John Kerry feel that he has to inform Israel of anything? If Israel wish to play any part in this affair, then they should immediately sign up to the NPT themselves, or else keep their noses out of everything.
The reason why the World is in such a dire mess at the moment, is mainly due to the double standards which are being applied by (particularly) the US to every single situation.
I should of course add, that the UK are just as guilty of this behaviour.
Unfortunately the UK always eats the turds that the US lays.
Are you kidding me! We can do something right without the approval of our masters in Tel Aviv?
How many operating centrifuges does Israel have? How many operating centrifuges does the United States have? Inquiring minds want to know?
Did Clueless Kerry brief Netanyahu, or vice-versa? IE; given that the "negotiations" are bugged by everybody with the capability to listen-in. That would extend down to the sharp Nerds in the sophomore classes world-wide. (hope they let us in on what's really going on.)
Mr. administrator; where did my post on this subject go?
[moderator’s note: It probably went up in comments — once I got to it. In case you haven’t noticed, it’s Saturday. On weekends, my part-time work moderating comments gets even more part-time – TLK]
Kerry must have gotten an email from Hillary telling him not to screw the pooch regarding Israel just before she takes office.
The Iran nuclear agreement is just another SCAM. Obviously, after it is signed, the media, pundits, and US will excitedly find out the Iranians are violating it and call for air strikes in Iran. That is what it is all about. Why the Iranians take part in this scam I do not know. Just like in Syria, when the chemical weapons scam did not work and the West switched to ISIS, this nuclear agreement is another scam when the West could not get enough support to launch an attack on Iran based on them having non-existent nuclear weapons, so they set up this agreement scam so they have a compelling reason to attack Iran. We are controlled by criminals.
Second try at this (obnoxious?) post. Did Clueless Kerry update Netanyahu or vice-versa, given that Mr. Obama said that he has no problem with Israel "snooping on US negotiations". Good god, is this what this country, and the Presidency, come to? (OK; Mr. Administrator, do your job, delete this again.)
> Kerry Updates Israel
And here I was hoping Kerry The Tomato God was downloading Israel 2.0 and installing on top of the existing one, which is buggy and shot to hell.
No such luck.