Speaking today at American University, President Obama sought to defend the P5+1 nuclear deal with Iran as a triumph of diplomacy, likening it to the US “winning the Cold War without firing a shot at the Soviets.”
He then addressed the prospect of Congress killing the deal, and of the intense lobbying campaign being carried out against the deal, noting the similarity of the rhetoric to that ahead of the 2003 Iraq invasion, explaining that it was many of the same people opposed to diplomacy yet again.
Obama went on to note that Iran’s hardliners, the ones chanting “death to America,” are also opponents of the nuclear pact, saying that they and the Republican caucus were both comfortable with the status quo and have “common cause” in trying to kill the diplomacy deal.
The president went on to say that the opponents have a mindset that “puts a premium on unilateral US action” and demonstrates a “preference for military action over diplomacy,” saying that they are exaggerating the threats posed by Iran far beyond what is justified by the intelligence.
Deal with Iran is not only about Iran-USA having a deal, is mostly about USA-Europe economy which those whom are for war with Iran are those who benefit from more wars than peace. If USA-Iran deal is eliminated, European will jump on the wagon as German, Swedish, Italian, English, French businesses already on it.
"The president went on to say that the opponents have a mindset that “puts a premium on unilateral US action” and demonstrates a “preference for military action over diplomacy,” saying that they are exaggerating the threats posed by Iran far beyond what is justified by the intelligence."
But if it so why P5 +1 all along last years sanctioned Iran and bring almost to a war with "an existential threat" for Israel,for America ,for entire Planet?Why not to speak openly what you think in private:Bibi is a liar and as such a danger.Instead to struggle with Bibi and his fascist partners Putin became Hitler
*Looks around at the dismal presidential field* Can we keep Obama for another 4 years? I think he did good defending the deal in the speech. The sad thing is that congress is craven and the corporate media is filled with sensationalist yellow journalism. All they have to do is get a disingenuous expert on TV to say some nonsense.
I hope more disloyal politicians receive the Robert Menendez-Rand Paul treatment. How about picking on some Cotton?
From Obama's speech:
"Mr. Obama said the possibility of war if the deal fails was a matter of logic. Though Iran may not attack the United States directly, it could threaten American troops in Iraq with Shiite militias there, threaten Israel with rocket attacks by Hezbollah or send a suicide bomber in a small craft against American naval ships in the Strait of Hormuz, he said."
This is the logic of an imperialist bully (full scale war vs "diplomacy" = sanctions and military threat), and the logic of a supremacist – only I can have and can use the bomb
His reasoning can't grasp the most logical possibility – nonintervention; the problem is the American empire, not Iran.
He may have been a top law student, but frankly Obama ain't too bright as a leader.