John Boehner Invites Netanyahu To Speak On Iran, White House Implodes
[guest post by Dana]
Whether you are in the diplomatic breach of protocol camp or the Speaker grew a pair camp, it is safe to say that House Speaker John Boehner’s invite to Benjamin Netanyahu to speak before Congress next month about the Iranian nuclear program has angered the White House. Boehner was prompted to make the offer after the president made it clear that he would veto legislation that would increase sanctions against Iran.
Boehner justified his actions:
“The Congress can make its decision on its own” — but he also insisted, “I don’t believe I’m poking anyone in the eye.”
“There is a serious threat that exists in the world, and the president last night kind of papered over it,” Boehner said. “And the fact is is that there needs to be a more serious conversation in America about how serious the threat is from radical Islamic jihadists and the threat posed by Iran.”
He told GOP lawmakers this morning:
“[Obama] expects us to stand idly by and do nothing while he cuts a bad deal with Iran. Two words: ‘Hell no!’ We’re going to do no such thing,” Boehner said Wednesday in a meeting of House Republicans. “Let’s send a clear message to the White House, and the world, about our commitment to Israel and our allies.”
Further:
“Prime Minister Netanyahu is a great friend of our country, and this invitation carries with it our unwavering commitment to the security and well-being of his people,” Boehner said in a statement on Wednesday. “In this time of challenge, I am asking the prime minister to address Congress on the grave threats radical Islam and Iran pose to our security and way of life. Americans and Israelis have always stood together in shared cause and common ideals, and now we must rise to the moment again.”
Josh Earnest responded to the news :
“The typical protocol would suggest that the leader of a country would contact the leader of another country when he’s traveling there,” said White House Press Secretary Josh Earnest. “That certainly is how President Obama’s trips are planned when he travels overseas. This particular event seems to be a departure from that protocol.”
Earnest said the White House was made aware of the invitation before Boehner’s office released a letter dated Jan. 21 inviting Netanyahu to address a joint session of Congress on Feb. 11.
Earnest claims the White House was not angry because Boehner did not reach out to them first. Riiight… He also found the invite “interesting.”
Netanyahu has accepted Boehner’s invitation.
Let the games begin.
–Dana
Hello.
Dana (8e74ce) — 1/21/2015 @ 5:38 pmThis is great. Boehner finally showing some of his ‘stuff’ from the ’90s
I don’t see how this is a problem of any sort or a ‘breach of protocol’.
seeRpea (1d44c7) — 1/21/2015 @ 5:48 pmConstitutionally the Congress is an equal of the Presidential Office. The Congress
is the one that votes on War Declarations as well as international treaties.
If he really did say “Hell No” – hurray!
You’re a little late to the party on this one Dana, 🙂 but in earlier comments on the Amash thread Boehner’s invite has seemed to bring most of the various R factions together in agreement that this was a most excellent and gutsy call by speaker Boehner. And that’s great to see for a change. !!!
elissa (c04b3a) — 1/21/2015 @ 5:51 pmThere’s a possible alternative scenario based upon what I heard on the radio while I was driving around earlier. That Boehner did follow protocol, and did notify DoS which approved the visit. And then Obama tried to block the trip in order to undermine Netanyahu with Israeli voters in the upcoming election.
So if that’s true, the reason why the WH is livid is because Boehner went public with the invite, and with Netanyahu’s acceptance. Thus screwing up Obama’s machinations.
Steve57 (4ce020) — 1/21/2015 @ 5:52 pmelissa,
Meh. I have a day job that keeps me from reading comments and keeping up. I do the best I can.
Dana (8e74ce) — 1/21/2015 @ 5:55 pmit’s important to speak out before valerie’s friends have a chance to do the nuclear genocide on Israel I think
strategically important
happyfeet (831175) — 1/21/2015 @ 5:56 pmI know, Dana. And you do very, very well indeed. Frankly, how you manage to craft so many interesting guest posts along with your day job is nothing short of amazing.
elissa (c04b3a) — 1/21/2015 @ 6:01 pm==Thus screwing up Obama’s machinations==
“Elect (insert R candidate name here) to help screw up Obama’s machinations” would have made a wonderful campaign slogan for 2012 and 2014 contests. Where were you when they needed you Steve57?
elissa (c04b3a) — 1/21/2015 @ 6:07 pmOf course the WH would take the Imperial Position of “WE GET TO DECIDE WHO ADDRESSES THE GOVERNMENT” – as anything else just reinforces the position that a President is just another executive in service of the People who elect him to his position, and not the Sun God that Obola believes he is.
Does THE PRESIDENT consult with the Majority Leader and The Speaker when he invites other Heads of State to visit the White House, as that would be the comparable PROTOCOL that he is complaining that Speaker Boehner failed to observe.
It’s all about me, me I tell you, ME!
I’ll be so glad when this cry-baby is gone.
askeptic (efcf22) — 1/21/2015 @ 6:09 pmBTW, since when has this administration been a stickler for protocol?
askeptic (efcf22) — 1/21/2015 @ 6:12 pmWould that mean that a President should not bow to another Head of State?
some of his favorite leaders, have interesting associates
http://www.todayszaman.com/news-335341-yasin-al-qadi-escorted-by-pms-security-detail-daily-reports.html
narciso (ee1f88) — 1/21/2015 @ 6:18 pmJamaica.
Steve57 (4ce020) — 1/21/2015 @ 6:24 pmSteve57 (4ce020) — 1/21/2015 @ 5:52 pm
I’m sure the lack of attention to this (and passing it on to the WH) is all Boehner’s fault.
askeptic (efcf22) — 1/21/2015 @ 6:28 pmHe probably forgot to start the memo with a hashtag, and Jen and Marie just flashed right over it.
Boehner/Mcconnell 2016
mg (31009b) — 1/21/2015 @ 6:30 pmor maybe Marie had mislaid her glasses.
elissa (c04b3a) — 1/21/2015 @ 6:30 pmCo-equal branch of government, iirc.
Kevin M (25bbee) — 1/21/2015 @ 6:42 pmThe WH freak out over this is priceless. They have treated Bibi and Israel worse than they treat the Pali’s and Iranians, and have the temerity to whine when The branch of govt that they have dropped a deuce on repeatedly chooses to act on their own.
JD (86a5eb) — 1/21/2015 @ 6:51 pmEvery Israeli PM has addressed congress even scumbag Olmert.
The little man on vacay from his paid position does not want to be involved in its icky details, so STFU.
DNF (dddc46) — 1/21/2015 @ 6:53 pmIf Boehner had sent over his chief of staff with the Pointer Sisters to do Neutron Dance, then they’d have known Bibi was invited to speak about the Iran nuke deal.
Steve57 (4ce020) — 1/21/2015 @ 7:06 pmgood news, everybody:
http://babalublog.com/2015/01/21/casstro-spies-will-lead-normalization-taks-with-u-s-diplomats-in-cuba/
narciso (ee1f88) — 1/21/2015 @ 7:09 pm3. The story broke today.
http://www.breitbart.com/big-government/2015/01/21/boehner-on-netanyahu-invitation-u-s-needs-a-more-serious-conversation-on-radical-islam-threat/
Late I don’t agree.
DNF (dddc46) — 1/21/2015 @ 7:17 pmas usual, Obama is so behind he’s in the bleachers:
http://www.jpost.com/Arab-Israeli-Conflict/Abbas-visits-Cairo-after-Sisi-reportedly-met-with-PA-presidents-chief-rival-387741
narciso (ee1f88) — 1/21/2015 @ 7:20 pm22. Peters this moment notes a Putin minion has mooted a neoSoviet right to a portion of Estonia via Russian people’s right to self-determination. NATO quakes.
DNF (dddc46) — 1/21/2015 @ 7:30 pmOgabe last night described Russia as an economic ruin, by implication one of his making.
In fact, it is the West that is a ruin as the ECB reveals tomorrow.
DNF (dddc46) — 1/21/2015 @ 7:37 pmit’s like being lectured by Dewey Crowe, the least talented of that Harlan clan,
narciso (ee1f88) — 1/21/2015 @ 7:39 pmWell, we won’t be bothered by Dewey any more.
askeptic (efcf22) — 1/21/2015 @ 8:04 pmMaybe Obama’s policy on Iran is influenced by donors or something.
daleyrocks (bf33e9) — 1/21/2015 @ 8:09 pmintriguing question:
http://admin.americanthinker.com/articles/2013/09/persian_hokm_obama-j_street_hokum.html
narciso (ee1f88) — 1/21/2015 @ 8:16 pm==Maybe Obama’s policy on Iran is influenced by donors or something.==
…or close personal friends/WH advisers who came with from Chicago.
elissa (c04b3a) — 1/21/2015 @ 8:20 pmhas angered the White House.
Oh, who cares?!
Go play another round of golf, Barry, and leave us the hell alone.
Mark (c160ec) — 1/21/2015 @ 8:21 pmas seen on Twitchy
😎
redc1c4 (dab236) — 1/21/2015 @ 9:07 pmAt least Boehner didn’t travel to Israel: [T]his isn’t the first time a House speaker has reached out to a world leader despite a White House request to stay back. In April 2007, then-Speaker Nancy Pelosi traveled to Syria to meet with President Bashar al-Assad despite the Bush administration’s objections. Pelosi wanted to start a dialogue with Syria, as diplomatic relations had broken down in the 1990s; President George W. Bush rejected such negotiation, saying, “Sending delegations doesn’t work.”
Dana (8e74ce) — 1/21/2015 @ 9:33 pmIt is pretty funny that Mr Mix-Tape-for-the-Queen is all concerned about diplomatic protocol. Separation of Powers, you know.
Kevin M (25bbee) — 1/21/2015 @ 9:36 pmPfffffffffffffffft. So Orange face invites Netanyahu to speak, and Lady Jeans squeals like the little bitch he is. WHERE’S THE BEEF?
Gus (7cc192) — 1/21/2015 @ 10:16 pm#34: there is no need to insult bitches everywhere by comparing them to our #SCOAMF…
redc1c4 (4db2c8) — 1/22/2015 @ 12:46 am“you poked me in the EYE!” whined failbama
“it HURTS
you’re MEAN
i HATE you!”
happyfeet (831175) — 1/22/2015 @ 3:44 amClearly, since the President refuses to do his job, we’re fortunate we have a Speaker who’s willing to step up and lead the nation in this time of crisis. America needs a real leader, now more than ever, and the empty suit occupying the white House isn’t up to the duties of office. He’s an embarrassment to the nation and a rebuke to all those who trusted him. Now, he’s standing in the doorway of progress trying to block commonsense efforts to preserve peace in the Middle East.
The White House’s petulant reaction is typical of their perverse refusal to face the realities of Islamic terrorism. The cowards wouldn’t even send a representative to Paris to stand against bloodthirsty jihad. And, as history proves – appeasement provokes war – just as surely as day follows night. Obama’s Middle Eastern machinations are designed to provide cover so Iran can develop nuclear weapons and the means to use them, first to destroy Israel and then to threaten the world with nuclear jihad.
ropelight (b2b481) — 1/22/2015 @ 5:01 amClearly, since the President refuses to do his job, we’re fortunate we have a Speaker who’s willing to step up and lead the nation in this time of crisis. America needs a real leader, now more than ever, and the empty suit occupying the white House isn’t up to the duties of office. He’s an embarrassment to the nation and a rebuke to all those who trusted him. Now, he’s standing in the doorway of progress trying to block commonsense efforts to preserve peace in the Middle East.
The White House’s petulant reaction is typical of their perverse refusal to face the realities of Islamic terrorism. The cowards wouldn’t even send a representative to Paris to stand against bloodthirsty jihad. And, as history proves – appeasement provokes war – just as surely as day follows night. Obama’s Middle Eastern machinations are designed to provide cover so Iran can develop nuclear weapons and the means to use them, first to destroy Israel and then to threaten the world with nuclear jihad.
ropelight (b2b481) — 1/22/2015 @ 5:01 amThe State Department was notified. There is no such “protocol” if a state visit is not planned. Bibi doesn’t plan on visiting with Obama, he might need to clean his toenails instead.
Estragon (ada867) — 1/22/2015 @ 5:14 am“good news, everybody:”
Narcisco, this is not new. Castro has been running our Cuba policy for years.
Mike K (90dfdc) — 1/22/2015 @ 5:59 amNow, if Prom Queen wants to take credit for making some part of the world being an economic ruin he can take credit for the West. There’s a lot more evidence he had a big hand in that, as opposed to Russia.
I’ll be happy to back him up on that claim.
Steve57 (1f76bc) — 1/22/2015 @ 6:00 am38. LOL.
Vizier Jarrett is running out the clock with diplomacy ensuring Shi’a counterweight to Sunni nuclear power Pakistan.
The West will simply roll over.
DNF (dddc46) — 1/22/2015 @ 6:06 amHere we go, long term financing is now just a fond memory:
http://www.zerohedge.com/sites/default/files/images/user3303/imageroot/2015/01/20150122_ECB.jpg
Free money is the only game in town with bond market nuclear winter.
DNF (dddc46) — 1/22/2015 @ 6:16 amWe are all sick, ungovernable with ODD.
http://www.zerohedge.com/news/2015-01-21/if-you-question-authority-you-are-mentally-ill-report-finds
DNF (dddc46) — 1/22/2015 @ 6:28 amOK, so the Speaker has invited Prime Minister Netanyahu to address the House of Representatives. Now, what has that accomplished? Well for one, it has pleased the conservatives who have been concerned about his “establishment” attitude, and wondering if he was going to cave in to the White House the way he has previously.
But inviting the Prime Minister doesn’t really do all that much. It is no cover for the Congress if the Congress continues to overspend, nor is it a cover for the GOP if they chicken out on Homeland Security funding next month, nor is it a cover if the GOP fails to extract every bit it can from its new majority.
I’m pleased that Mr Boehner extended the invitation, and remain cautiously optimistic, but that’s all.
The cynical Dana (f6a568) — 1/22/2015 @ 6:44 amProtocol??? This from the the guy who was in a meeting with Netanyahu at the White House, got up and left to have dinner while leaving his guest, a major head of state, sitting alone for an hour. A huge insult, a breech of protocol and just disgustingly rude. Two more years and we can throw this petulant child/man on the ash heap of history.
Thresherman (07789c) — 1/22/2015 @ 6:52 amDana, isn’t about providing Congress cover for anything. It is about depriving Obama of his, as expressed in his lies in the SOTU.
– Obama’s diplomacy hasn’t halted their progress
– The sanctions will not go into effect until after negotiations fail (not my certainty, almost as if Obama intends for negotiations to fail) and not immediately as Obama constantly implies and misleads.
– It is not tantamount to a declaration of war. That talking point, too, is straight from the mouths of the Mullahs in Tehran, like the talking point that sanctions would be “perceived” as a violation of the Joint Plan Of Action when they are in fact not.
In short, the certainty of sanctions should negotiations fail is the only thing that will force the Iranians to modify their behavior. The Iranians know it. Obama knows it. And since they are both on the same side of the negotiating table against the US and is allies they are both squealing like those pigs Joni Ernst used to castrate about it.
Steve57 (1f76bc) — 1/22/2015 @ 6:52 amAnything Congress does to return to regular order and reestablish its equal and independent authority is a good thing. Reminding the WH that the days of ordering Congress around are over is a good sign.
crazy (cde091) — 1/22/2015 @ 7:10 amBoehner’s tan was a thing on social media last night:
http://kxan.com/2015/01/21/house-speaker-john-boehners-tan-aglow-on-social-media/
carlitos (c24ed5) — 1/22/2015 @ 7:40 am18. DNF (dddc46) — 1/21/2015 @ 6:53 pm
If I read him correctly, Peter Baker of the New York Times seems to think this happened only because the Republicans won control of both houses of Congress.
http://www.nytimes.com/aponline/2015/01/21/us/politics/ap-us-congress-iran-sanctions.html
The foolishness about the threat of more sanctions making things worse that’s now going on about Iran, probably comes directly or omdirectly from Iran.
I mean the Iranian negotiators could have told U.S. diplomats: “We want sanctions lifted. Why should we believe you would get Congress to lift sanctions in a deal, if Congress is so gung ho now to add new ones?
Why, your promise to lidt sanctions would be just as worthless as the one from Argentina to take Iranian officials suspected of being responsible for the bombing the Jewish center in Buenosa Aires in 1994 off the Interpol watch list, and replace the idea of prosecution with a joint Iranian-Argentinian “truth commission.”
(Although it passed the Argentine Congress an Argentine court held that to be unconstitutional, and it’s currently being appealed.)
Well, no the Iranians wouldn’t point to that example.
In the meantime, Secretary of State John Kerry seems to have found an Israeli official to support his position of no sanctions:
Sooper Sekrit Intelligence. Why won’t anybody understand Obama is relying on Sooper Sekrit intelligence? That’s why he says things that are so stupid.
Sammy Finkelman (e806a6) — 1/22/2015 @ 9:40 amhe’s pretty much always wrong, Sammy:
http://www.haaretz.com/news/diplomacy-defense/1.638509
narciso (ee1f88) — 1/22/2015 @ 9:43 amThat was another half identical, online only story.
This is the Baker (news analysis) story that appeared on the bottom of page A16 today: (although it wasn’t labedled “News analysis” in the printed paper)
http://www.nytimes.com/2015/01/22/world/middleeast/boehner-invites-another-response-to-state-of-union-address-from-israels-premier.html
The Sooper Sekrit Israeli intelligence source backing Kerry up is only in the other story.
Sammy Finkelman (e806a6) — 1/22/2015 @ 9:44 am51. Here is a quote from the link:
Ah, he wants a grenade thown into the process!
Apparently, Something got lost in transmission. (Mossad chief Tamir Pardo told this to a group of U.S. Senators, not Kerry.
Or Kerry could be cherry picking words.
Sammy Finkelman (e806a6) — 1/22/2015 @ 9:49 amHe wants a grenade thown into the process because it’s not going anywhere now.
Not quite the meaning Kerry implied.
Sammy Finkelman (e806a6) — 1/22/2015 @ 9:52 amIt would be very much like Kerry to hear only what he wants to hear.
seeRpea (1d44c7) — 1/22/2015 @ 9:56 amlike the President.
British Prime Minister David Cameron issued the same warning as Obama, and a European Community official seems to silently assented to this so it looks like this is coming from the Iranians.
Israel and the P+5 may not disagree on the facts, whether the assessment is right or wrong – that is, that Supreme Iranian Leader Ayatollah Khamenei may pull the plug on the negotiations if he thinks there s nochance of getting sanctions relief in return for little or nothing, and that, he’s also planning wars.
The difference between Israel and the others may be that Israel thinks that a bad deal is worse than no deal, while the others maybe think no deal is worse than a bad deal. This is because Israel thinks that Iran getting very close to a bomb, or a couple of bombs, and just needing to make a decision to break out is what a bad deal would allow, while the United states and the UK is more comfortable with that so long as they don’t actually
havetest a bomb. Thinking that’s better than a war.But Israel maybe takes the position that Iran is not going to start a war, or accelerate its bomb program, just because the negotiations break down, and it’s not the negotiations that is stopping them from doing anything, but the sanctions.
Sammy Finkelman (e806a6) — 1/22/2015 @ 12:02 pmhttp://www.foxnews.com/world/2015/01/22/shiite-rebels-remain-deployed-outside-yemeni-presidents-house-despite/
That must have been the headline in the earliest version of the story.
The hesdline now is:
Yemen’s president, cabinet resign amid rebel standoff
Yemen faces the prospect of a partition between al Qaeda and Iran.
Kind of like the nightmare scenario in Syria, except that there are 2 al Qaedas there.
There’s Original al Qaeda ® ™ and there’s ISIS/ISIL/Daesh/IS/Islamic State/”the” Islamic State/Whatchamacallit.
Whatchamacallit has just threatened to behead 2 Japanese hostages and the Prime Minister of Japan is working frantically with the king of Jordan to try to prevent that, trying to make actual contact (Jordan has its own prisoner, a captive airman, and so far he seems to be still alive)
Did I mention that Hezbollah was planning to attack Israel from Syria, but Israel bombed them first and killed an Iranian general in the process?
Sammy Finkelman (e806a6) — 1/22/2015 @ 12:26 pmIt’s kind of peculiar that Al Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula (which means Yemen) was quick to assert that both terrorists in Paris were telling the truth when one said he was from Al Qaeda in Yemen and the other one (Amedy Culibaly) said he was from ISIS.
Now I’m thinking that, at a minimum, he didn’t tell the Kouachi brothers he was from ISIS but said he was from al Qaeda in Yemen. Coulibaly was connected to the terrorists in Belguim, who are supposed to be from ISIS.
I don’t think we understand the terrorist Order of Battle at all.
Sammy Finkelman (e806a6) — 1/22/2015 @ 12:30 pmhttp://www.irishtimes.com/news/world/europe/five-chechens-arrested-and-explosives-found-in-france-1.2072569
It’s all getting tied to Chechens. Who are professional criminals. Is Putin involved?
Sammy Finkelman (e806a6) — 1/22/2015 @ 12:33 pmBTW, Note to WH idiots:
PM Netanyahu is not the Head of State of Israel (Israel does have a President), only the Head of Government in a Parliamentary System, and is more the equal of John Boehner, since a PM must be a Member of the lower house of parliament.
askeptic (efcf22) — 1/22/2015 @ 12:41 pmSo, any invite by The Speaker to the PM was a communication between equals – more or less.
I should have added, following idiots: (Josh, you know who you are)
askeptic (efcf22) — 1/22/2015 @ 12:42 pm“British Prime Minister David Cameron issued the same warning as Obama”
Sammy – The let’s keep letting the Iranians string us along until they have a bomb and no longer have anything to negotiate posture is not a winning strategy for a lot of people.
daleyrocks (bf33e9) — 1/22/2015 @ 12:46 pmNetanyahu is not the Speaker of the Israeli Knesset, and the Knesset does have a Speaker.
And Obama doesn’t really deal with the Queen of England.
Sammy Finkelman (e806a6) — 1/22/2015 @ 12:48 pm62. daleyrocks (bf33e9) — 1/22/2015 @ 12:46 pm
I think Obama and company are thinking we’re stringing the Iranians along and stopping Ali Khameini from taking the final steps. Or rather, maybe, the Iranian moderates are stringing him along.
Sammy Finkelman (e806a6) — 1/22/2015 @ 12:51 pmThat’s it maybe.
Obama and Kerry think Iranian moderates are stringing Khamenei along and preventing him either from building or using an atomic bomb or starting a war.
Sammy Finkelman (e806a6) — 1/22/2015 @ 12:55 pmBut if Congress even takes a few steps at heavier sanctions, Rouhani may not be able to string him along any more.
Sammy Finkelman (e806a6) — 1/22/2015 @ 1:24 pmIn discussions of protocol, the White House needs to decide whether they’re wearing their Chief of State hat, or their Chief of Government one, preferably sans the Mom-jeans which are a big distraction.
askeptic (efcf22) — 1/22/2015 @ 2:08 pmScott Pelley on the CBS Evening News just said:
One of the most powerful leaders in the world has just died.
I wondered who that was.
It’s King Abdullah of Saudi Arabia, aged 90.
The Crwn Prince had died before, but they picked a new crown prince and the crown prince’s crown prince and set up an electoral college (all sons of King ibn Saud, or if dead, their oldest sons)
Sammy Finkelman (e806a6) — 1/22/2015 @ 3:47 pm“Obama and Kerry think Iranian moderates are stringing Khamenei along and preventing him either from building or using an atomic bomb or starting a war.”
Sammy – Are there any Iranian moderates and is there any actual evidence Iran has delayed doing anything while negotiations drag on and on and on. The new sanctions are intended to put a time clock on the Iranians, not take effect immediately. If they were serious about negotiating that should not be a problem given how long talks have already gone on and been extended.
daleyrocks (bf33e9) — 1/22/2015 @ 3:59 pm“Obama and Kerry think Iranian moderates are stringing Khamenei along and preventing him either from building or using an atomic bomb or starting a war.”
daleyrocks (bf33e9) — 1/22/2015 @ 3:59 pm
No, I don’t think there are any moderates. There may be people secredtly opposed to the whole dictatorship, but there are no moderates.
That language represnetes what Obama, Kerry et al might be thinking.
No, but what the U.S. and UK may be thinking is that they are stringing Al Khamenei along, and in the meantime, he’s not/..
he’s not, doing what?
https://www.commentarymagazine.com/2015/01/21/iran-looking-missile-base-israel-not-nuclear-peace/
The moderates are suppposedly keeping all of that under control, the way Admiral Canaris prevented Hitler from invading Spain. Not much else he prevented.
The way Obama’s policy kind of make sense is if he thinks there is power struggle going on in Iran, or people trying to stop Khamenei from rash acts, and making him think he will get something will help.
Sammy Finkelman (d22d64) — 1/22/2015 @ 4:35 pm“The way Obama’s policy kind of make sense is if he thinks there is power struggle going on in Iran, or people trying to stop Khamenei from rash acts, and making him think he will get something will help.”
Sammy – Khameni knows he will get help if he negotiates a deal and more sanctions if he doesn’t if Congress passes its bill. With Obama’s strategy he has no incentive to negotiate in good faith. Do you have evidence of a power struggle or is that another of your guesses?
daleyrocks (bf33e9) — 1/22/2015 @ 7:57 pm