With everyone else talking about breakthroughs having been made in the talks and a possible final nuclear deal with Iran being reached later this week, Secretary of State John Kerry stepped up US threats about the talks, saying the US might “walk away” at any minute.
US officials have repeatedly presented the idea of walking away from the Iran talks as a possibility, which has been seen primarily as attempts to placate hawks in the US Congress and the Israeli government who are loudly opposed to any deal.
But as the deal draws closer, Kerry’s threats are likely to have less impact consoling the Israel Lobby and do more damage in convincing Iranian negotiators that the US isn’t negotiating in good faith, and is liable to bail on the process rather than allow a final pact.
That may not be Kerry’s intention, as he did pepper into his threats praise for the progress made so far. If the US actually does follow through with threats and withdraw from the talks on the eve of a final deal, however, it would likely do massive damage to America’s global standing, particularly with the other P5+1 member nations.
Proving once again that any agreements or promises the US makes isn't worth the paper they're printed on.
A. Seven countries are involved in these negotiations. Guess who threatens to walk away! France, Great Britain, Germany, Russia, and China are not lemmings that will blindly follow you Mr. President Obama!
B. If President Obama believes that he can get an agreement which our Senate will accept he is whistling in the dark. The Republicans with at least Senator Menendez and possibly additional Democratic Senators will sink the agreement at least as far as the US is concerned. Unfortunately for them all UN members except Israel and a few specks in the Pacific Ocean such as the Marshall Islands will accept the agreement as binding once President Obama has signed.
Gosh dont the yanks come across as complete dicks – juvenile willy waving to massage their domestic zionist lobby. Of course if they did leave, their P5 partners would now just go on and do a deal anyway and leave US business left out of the bonanza. Time for the juveniles in washington to recognise the globally offensive New American Century is coming to a still birth.
Hey; Andrew; don't count Pete as one of those "Yanks"; we "Johnny Rebs" are deeply offended by that kind of talk.
"US may walk away from these talks'. That has been the plan all along; wiggle and weasel just long enough to convince the world that it was all Iran's fault. This cannot be "Live Shot" Kerry's idea. He is only following orders from Obama and his harem; Nuland, Power, et.al.
Simple bottom line. Freeing Persian business talent is bad for bottom line of Israel's supporters.
> massive damage to America’s global standing
That kind of standing can be had at 50 pence at a yard sale right now.